dex, n. slang (orig. U.S.).
(ˈdɛks)
[f. Dexedrine n.]
The drug Dexedrine; also, a Dexedrine tablet. Cf. *dexie n.
| 1961 T. I. Rubin In the Life xv. 50 ‘Doc, do you think..you could maybe give me something? You know, to kind of give me a lift?’ ‘Well, maybe a dex or something.’ 1968 Guardian 21 Nov. 20/3 The pushers passing out bombers, meths, dexes, and blues. 1971 Harper's Sept. 63 Pops a dex or a bennie occasionally, especially during exam week. 1984 W. Gibson Neuromancer i. i. 7 It was a flat pink octagon, a potent species of Brazilian dex he bought from one of Zone's girls. |