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Ripping and Running: A Formal Ethnography of Urban Heroin Addicts choose

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[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 145: Give him a bag? Brent, where are you coming from, man?
at where one is at, phr.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 141: Hold on, is that any way to treat your old bit partners? [...] We did a bit together man, we’re tight.
at bit, n.1
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 142: Ask them, man, crack on them.
at crack, v.3
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 145: Cause like anybody falls out, I’m tellin you right now that I’m throwin you out the window.
at fall out, v.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 142: The dope is good man, you know, [...] it’s better than twelve bags of garbage.
at garbage, n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 147: You mean you’re not gonna save me a gee? [Ibid.] 160: G – 1. collar (Paper or thread used to tightly fasten spike to dropper).
at gee, n.7
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 140: Hey man, don’t play all that man, he’s my homey.
at homey, n.1
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 164: Take It on The Archessplit (Leave).
at take it on the hop (v.) under hop, n.4
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 161: Jones [...] 2. Heroin.
at jones, n.1
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 138: He’s this dude we did the bit with down at K-Y.
at K.Y., n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 138: We’re gonna get off right in his house man, so he ain’t comin out with no lame shit.
at lame, adj.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 161: Lame – Non-drug user.
at lame, n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 161: The Life – Life of a heroin addict.
at life, n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 161: Make upget-off (Inject heroin intravenously).
at make-up (n.) under make, v.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 155: I’m sittin here with a Mickey Mouse habit myself.
at Mickey Mouse habit (n.) under Mickey Mouse, adj.1
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 144: br.: You didn’t see that shotgun sittin the corner though did ya? bb.: Motherfuck that.
at motherfuck, v.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 161: Lay the note – short change.
at lay the note (v.) under note, n.2
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running.
at pin, n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 162: Prop – Fabricated story.
at prop, n.1
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 163: Ripping and Running – the life.
at rip and run (v.) under rip, v.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 139: bi: You in shape, man? You in shape? bo: Yeah, I got somethin.
at in shape (adj.) under shape, n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 149: He looks like he’s gettin dizzy and shit.
at and shit under shit, n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 140: bi.: You got any ... bo.: You know I don’t go for no shorts. bi.: No. No, it’s cool. I got my bread together.
at shorts, the, n.2
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 164: Thoroughbred – A hip person.
at thoroughbred, n.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 155: Hey, y’know man, look, I’d tighten you up, man, but look, I’m strung.
at tighten (up), v.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 154: I still need somethin to tighten me up.
at tighten (up), v.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 140: You get your bread together, you can score.
at together, adj.
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 164: Turn – Sell.
at turn, v.2
[US] M. Agar Ripping and Running 165: Yam – Negro.
at yam, n.
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