Slang of the Day February 27, 2021

💠upper

✍🏾Meaning

a stimulant drug, a drug that stimulates the heart and the nervous system

❕For example

🔺Those pills the police found in the truck are probably uppers. Lots of truck drivers take uppers to keep them awake during long trips.

🔺Back in the sixties a lot of students took uppers like speed so they could study all night before an exam.

▫️Note

These powerful drugs include amphetamine, metamphetamine, ritalin, ephedrine, and so on. All of them have medical uses, but they can also be very dangerous if abused for their energizing and mood-altering effects.