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Ts and blues

Ts and blues noun: the combination of the drugs pentazocine (an opioid analgesic) and tripelennamine (an antihistamine), used for recreational purposes due to its euphoric effect in the 1970s and 1980s.

Noun

Ts and blues pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) The combination of the drugs pentazocine (an opioid analgesic) and tripelennamine (an antihistamine), used for recreational purposes due to its euphoric effect in the 1970s and 1980s.
    • […] was usually combined with the antihistamine tripelennamine (“Ts and Bs” or “Ts and Blues” pattern of combined intravenous drug abuse).1990, Martin W. Adler, Alan Cowan, editors, Testing and Evaluation of Drugs of Abuse (Modern Methods in Pharmacology; 6), Wiley-Liss, →ISBN, page 272
    • Meth has to be the single most wicked shit I ever involved myself with. […] Could drink gallons of beer though, and, while I don't suggest this, but I would pop an OTC sleeping pill. Would do this only after having not taking a snort for a good 12 hours. Poor mans version of tease and blues I guess...1998 November 14, Markus, “Re: METH”, in alt.recovery (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    Ts and Bs

Synonyms of Ts and blues

Forms of Ts and blues

alternative formtees and blues
alternative formtease and blues

Origin of Ts and blues

Ts is an initialism of Talwin, a brand name for pentazocine; blues derives from the fact that tripelennamine tablets are usually blue in color.

Questions about Ts and blues

What does Ts and blues mean?
Ts and blues means the combination of the drugs pentazocine (an opioid analgesic) and tripelennamine (an antihistamine), used for recreational purposes due to its euphoric effect in the 1970s and 1980s.
What part of speech is Ts and blues?
Ts and blues is a noun.

Words near Ts and blues in the dictionary

  1. Trøndelag
  2. Trœzen
  3. Trường Sa
  4. ts
  5. Ts & Cs
  6. Ts and blues
  7. Ts and Bs
  8. Ts and Cs
  9. TS girl
  10. TS girls
  11. Ts'ai

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