skittles party

English

Alternative forms

• Skittles party

Etymology

After Skittles, a brand of multicolored fruit-flavored lentil-shaped candies.

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Noun

skittles party (plural skittles parties)

1. (idiomatic) A party where teenagers or young adults bring with them a lot of random pills, take them, and see what happens
   • 2012, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, Hollywood High - Volume 1 - Page 288‎^[1]:

     "I hosted an impromptu Skittles party with white tents all around, white linen tables filled with flowing fountains of liquor, and an assortment of colorful pills at your fingertips: Oxycodone, Ritalin, Tylenol with codeine, Adderall, and a list of others."

   • 2014, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, “Heather”, in Put Your Diamonds Up (Hollywood High), New York, N.Y.: Dafina KTeen Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, pages 18 and 22–23:

     I didn’t need her killin’ my vibe. I needed to relieve my stress and have my skittles party in peace. So…I slipped her a nice mix of somebody’s granny’s heart medicine, Xanax, and Sudafed in her nightly shot of scotch and rocked her to sleep. […] “It’s not that I make a habit out of playing Captain Save A Crackhead. But I figured I’d make an exception this time.” / I’m not a crackhead and you haven’t saved me, you cheap whore! This is an insult! You’ve torn up my life. Ruined my career. Called the police on my skittles party!