eightball

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

1/8 ounce of cocaine (or another drug)

Categories Quantities

Collocates flip³, slab³, kilo³, slang³, corner³, rock², ki², move², O.Z.², quarter², coke, dog, dime, dope-fiend, dough, fiend, fo shizzle, front, game, homie, I'mma, lamp, mine, ounce, powder, serve, sherm, trick, 20, white, yo, birdy, gram, bands, bitch, bitch, blow, blunt, brick, cake, cake

Domains Drug Sales

Etymology from the mid-1980s

Synonyms eighth

Related concepts 20, 50, bag, balloon, dime, dime bag, dub, hundred-pack, nick, nickel, nickel bag, ounce, pound, quarter, sack, trey

Timeline

1990-03-26 Digital Underground "The Danger Zone" [Sex Packets]
Get a twenty, a forty or an eightball
1991-01-22 Spice 1 "187 Proof (Part 1)" [Let It Be Known]
Mickey and his boy Old D were slangin' eightballs
1994 Lil Slim "Powder Shop" [Powder Shop]
Servin' 20-sacks and them bitches was illegal, eightball, sixteen, eight quarters, and even ounces

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eightball

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

Olde English 800 malt liquor

Collocates bitch², 211, blaze up, bud, cold, ends, faded, flip, gangsta, gone, ill, ill, indo, joint, yayo, run a train, St. Ides, sucker, talk shit, uzi

Domains Alcohol

Synonyms 8, O.E., Olde E, Olde Gold

Related concepts 40, 40 dog, 64, Crooked I, pop, ST, St. Ides

Timeline

1986 Toddy Tee "Just Say No" feat. Mix Master Spade [Just Say No]
We're all goin down, drinkin nasty 8 ball
1987-11-06 N.W.A. "Drink It Up" feat. The D.O.C., Fila Fresh Crew [N.W.A. & The Posse]
I just drink 8-balls, because it's cheaper to buy
1987-11-06 N.W.A. "Boyz-N-The-Hood" [N.W.A. & The Posse]
From the 8-ball my breath start stinking

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