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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) Drugs of the alkyl nitrate class used recreationally as a sexual stimulant, especially among gay men..
Have I been doing too much poppers?
Amyl nitrate, colloquially called “poppers” has been implicated in the epidemic among gay men.
Amyl nitrate, or “poppers,” has been popular as a sexual stimulant in male homosexual communities.
When compared with crystal and its devastating effects, poppers was a relatively mild threat. In fact, many only saw its benefits. “Amyl nitrate is the only drug gay people can claim to know better than straight people"
People were convinced that 'poppers' was being pumped through the air conditioning units. That the glasses were being rinsed in morphine! They were desperately trying to find some explanation for their excessiveness.
Poppers is a solvent which is inhaled, for instance directly from a small bottle.
He was a regular at Thursdays, our weekend hangout, and I had fucked his head up one night by encouraging him to sniff way too much poppers […].
This rhyming lark's not as hard as it seems Just like fucking on too much poppers.
Use poppers when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poppers means (informal) Drugs of the alkyl nitrate class used recreationally as a sexual stimulant, especially among gay men..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Have I been doing too much poppers?
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