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PublicSafety | 05:52 Wed 26th Apr 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why is heroin called smack?
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According to The Oxford English Dictionary, it is probably derived from the German noun 'Schmeck', meaning a 'taste'. It has meant heroin or a small packet of the drug since the 1940s. We see the same sort of usage in saying that something 'smacks' of something else, as in "That smacks of dishonesty to me."
06:47 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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just a guess, but maybe cos you have to 'smack' your arm to get the vein to show up more prominently
11:59 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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is it??
19:13 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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Perhaps it's in recognition of the fact that anyone using the drug urgently requires a good hard one?
23:28 Wed 26th Apr 2006

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