sherm
/ʃɜː(ɹ)m/
sherm noun: the drug phencyclidine (PCP).
Noun
sherm (countable and uncountable, plural sherms)
- The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
- A cigarette soaked in PCP.
- We gon smoke a dip, all of it; not a little bit; we gon smoke a sherm stick.1995, “Sherm Stick”, performed by Jayo Felony
- It's like a sherm high niggas think they learned to fly, but they burn, motherfucker, you deserve to die.1996, “Hit 'em Up”, performed by Tupac Shakur
- A degenerate; a person not worthy of respect.
- So there you got it. Pimp got a robbery charge hung around his neck, and Rome? That sherm fucked around and tried to buy some dope from an undercover cop. A whole lotta dope.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 119
Forms of sherm
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Origin of sherm
From Nat Sherman, a cigarette brand and former tobacco store in New York City, which used to be the most popular brand to dip in PCP, because unlike most other cigarettes, they did not fall apart when wet.
Words formed from sherm
Phrases with sherm
Questions about sherm
- What does sherm mean?
- Sherm means the drug phencyclidine (PCP).
- What part of speech is sherm?
- Sherm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sherm?
- Sherm is pronounced /ʃɜː(ɹ)m/.
- What is the plural of sherm?
- The plural of sherm is sherms.
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