S@NearBaseForearm-PalmUp Frontandback S@BaseForearm-PalmUp

American Sign Language Alternative forms The hand may make the A shape instead of the S shape. The hand may begin in the “Open A” shape (with the thumb extended) and then close to the A or S shape. Etymology Imitative of injecting a drug with a syringe. Production ase one S NearBaseForearm PalmUp Move the hand back and forth, toward and away from the base of the forearm. S BaseForearm PalmUp When used as a verb, there is just one movement toward the arm instead of a repeated movement back and forth. Noun noun DRUG drug 2009, Michael DiMartino, Addicted - Sign Language - CaptainL0ver (“Captainl0ver interpreters Kelly Clarkson's song Addicted”), 0:30: ase YOU SUPPOSE LIKE DRUG. — “It's (metaphorically) like you're a drug.” ase slang coke (the beverage); Coca-Cola Verb verb DRUG to do drugs