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K-hole
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English
Etymology
From en K hole ketamine, from the notion that being in this state is comparable to being inside a hole, isolated or distanced from the real world.
Pronunciation
en En-au-K-hole.ogg AU
Noun
en slang A state of dissociation from (and lack of control over) the body that is commonly experienced after taking high doses of the drug ketamine.
en July 1, 2015 w:Sam Esmail w:Mr. Robot 1 2 w:eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg Mr. Robot Let's not focus on her. That'll be like entering a bad K-hole you'll never wake up from.
en 8 May 2018 Moises Velasquez-Manoff https://www.wired.com/story/ketamine-stirs-up-hope-controversy-as-a-depression-drug?mbid=nl_050818_daily_list1_p1&CNDID=36477087 Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug WIRED Recreational users call it "special K," and the euphoric, hallucinatory experience it induces the "K-hole." https://web.archive.org/web/20250123160618/https://www.wired.com/story/ketamine-stirs-up-hope-controversy-as-a-depression-drug/?mbid=nl_050818_daily_list1_p1&CNDID=36477087 23 January 2025
en 2019-08-09 Joshua Azizi Shambhala Music Festival makes harm reduction a priority w:The Georgia Straight https://www.straight.com/music/1284111/shambhala-music-festival-makes-harm-reduction-priority “They're getting their drugs mixed up,” she said. “If someone did a line of coke, it would be a very different size than if someone did a bump of ketamine, right? So if they're thinking it's cocaine and they do a line, they could go into a k-hole and be completely unable to move for hours. Maybe not hours, but for a while.” https://web.archive.org/web/20240220231030/https://www.straight.com/music/1284111/shambhala-music-festival-makes-harm-reduction-priority 20 February 2024
Verb
en intransitive slang To undergo a K-hole.
See also
K-cramp
Anagrams
en ehklo Khloe Khloé Koehl