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sizzurp

sizzurp noun: a mixed drink including a codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup as an ingredient.

Noun

sizzurp (uncountable)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A mixed drink including a codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup as an ingredient.
    • "Jukie Skate Rock" doesn't sound anything like a proper roller-rink anthem, more like a sizzurp-addled Rollerball outtake2004, The Wire, volumes 245-250, page 75
    • After all, the pleasures of drinking "sizzurp," or promethazine-codeine mixed drinks, are explored on "Purple Rain […]2005 April 1, “[no headline]”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Synonyms:
    purple drank, lean

Examples of sizzurp in a sentence

  • One thing I'd sum up is that they had me drinking that sizzurp, but I was really sick with bronchitis.2007 January 25, “The White Rapper Show: G-Child | Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef...”, in HipHopDX:
  • Videos that were once YouTube fodder of Weezy sitting around the studio, drinking sizzurp and getting baked out of his mind now find their way onto his releases.2008 April 14, “Big ego, Lil Wayne on new mixtape”, in The Michigan Daily:
  • In honor of Russell's bust, we decided to dig up 20 codeine-laced tracks that he probably keeps on his iPod's playlist if he's really into sippin' sizzurp.2010 July 6, “Sippin' On Some Sizzurp: 20 Songs That Are (Probably) On Sippin' On Some Sizzurp: 20 Songs That Are (Probably) On JaMarcus...
  • Weezy has talked extensively about his use of marijuana as well as Purple Drank/ sizzurp (a drink consisting of codeine, promethazine and other stuff).2011 March 16, “Lil Wayne and Charlie Sheen are soul mates”, in Boston Herald:

Synonyms of sizzurp

Forms of sizzurp

alternative formsizz-erp

Origin of sizzurp

From surp (pronunciation spelling of syrup) + -izz- (variant of -izzle).

Questions about sizzurp

What does sizzurp mean?
Sizzurp means a mixed drink including a codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup as an ingredient.
How do you use sizzurp in a sentence?
One thing I'd sum up is that they had me drinking that sizzurp, but I was really sick with bronchitis.
What part of speech is sizzurp?
Sizzurp is a noun.

Words near sizzurp in the dictionary

  1. sizzles
  2. sizzling
  3. sizzlingly
  4. sizzlings
  5. sizzly
  6. sizzurp
  7. Siâny
  8. Siófok
  9. Siče
  10. SJ
  11. sjambock

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