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druglore

druglore noun: the knowledge or study of drugs and drug culture.

Noun

druglore (uncountable)

  1. The knowledge or study of drugs and drug culture.
    • This "druglore" as he calls it was collected by students in the 1960's in Berkeley, Austin and Bloomington, and as far as I know much of it is in print for the first time.1974, Keystone Folklore
    • Meanwhile the youth culture has generated a lively druglore and rock festival scene attuned to the vibrations of the 1960's and 1970's. Many of the themes in this new druglore can be recognized as time-honored in tradition — […]1978, Richard M. Dorson, Folklore in the Modern World

Forms of druglore

alternative formdrug-lore
alternative formdrug lore

Origin of druglore

From drug + lore.

Questions about druglore

What does druglore mean?
Druglore means the knowledge or study of drugs and drug culture.
What part of speech is druglore?
Druglore is a noun.

Words near druglore in the dictionary

  1. druglessness
  2. druglike
  3. druglikeness
  4. druglord
  5. druglords
  6. druglore
  7. drugmaker
  8. drugmakers
  9. drugmanite
  10. drugola
  11. drugome

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