Special K

English

Etymology

Initial of Kellogg Company. The drug was nicknamed humorously after the cereal, since it begins with the letter k.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Special K

1. A breakfast cereal made primarily from rice and wheat.

Noun

Special K (uncountable)

1. (slang) Ketamine, used as a hallucinogen.
   • 2018, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, "Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug" (8 May 2018), WIRED.

     Recreational users call it "special K," and the euphoric, hallucinatory experience it induces the "K-hole."

Further reading

• Special K on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Special K (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia