demmie
demmie noun: demerol, especially when used as a recreational drug.
Noun (1)
demmie (plural demmies)
- Demerol, especially when used as a recreational drug.
- “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59
- “Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer, New York, NY: Pocket Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 285
Noun (2) capitalized: Demmie
Demmie (plural Demmies)
- A member or supporter of the Democratic Party.
- Let the Demmies rail and shout, / And what is it all about, / When they prate of “tariff and reform?” / By their actions in the past / Well we know from first to last, / What the wonders are that they'd perform.1888, “Hear the Joyful Song”, in The Tippecanoe Campaign Songster: Harrison and Morton; Sketch of Their Lives and Full Text of the Republican Platform, W. F. Shaw Co., page 17
- The cheapness of these so-called “great” men was shown when a Senate committee on Unemployment Insurance elected their chairman. Senator Wagner, a Demmy, presented the motion in the Senate that Unemployment Insurance be probed. He, together with Senators Hebert (R. I.) and Glenn (Ill.) were...1931 May, James P. Egan, “Comment on the National Show”, in Machinists' Monthly Journal, volume 43, number 5, Washington, D.C.: International Association of Machinists, page 300
Synonyms of demmie
Forms of demmie
| plural | demmies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | demmy |
| plural | Demmies |
| alternative form | Demmy |
Origin of demmie
From the brand name Demerol + -ie.
From Dem + -ie, from Democrat.
Questions about demmie
- What does demmie mean?
- Demmie means demerol, especially when used as a recreational drug.
- What part of speech is demmie?
- Demmie is a noun.
- What is the plural of demmie?
- The plural of demmie is demmies.
Words near demmie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: demmie (page history and authors); Demmie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “demmie.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/demmie. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.