booger sugar

English

Etymology

Compound of booger +‎ sugar, alluding to the common application involving nasal inhalation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

booger sugar (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Cocaine drugs in powder form.
   • 2019, Justin Benson, directed by Justin Benson, Synchronic, spoken by Nurse Hall and Steve Denube (Rhonda Johnson Dents and Anthony Mackie), XYZ Films, →OCLC:

     Nurse Hall: Is there any reason we shouldn't do a full workup? / Steve Denube: Ignorance is bliss; that's about it. Hangover's worse than usual but that's probably from the drinking and recreational drug use. / Nurse Hall: We'll ignore the ganja and booger sugar markers.

   • 2023, Cait Duffy, directed by Omar Madha, "A Night at the Symphony" (Reacher), Shaun Sipos (actor):

     By the time they get here we'll already have the story of the senator's legislative director in the wrong woman's car with a snout full of booger sugar on the front page of the Globe and the Herald.