crack cocaine
Noun
Meaning
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
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Examples
Yes I have smoked crack cocaine. But, no, do I? Am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Um, probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago.
Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It's the crack cocaine of the literary world.
Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.
Crack cocaine is a smokeable form of cocaine made into small “rocks” by processing cocaine with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water.