Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special k

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: spe-cial k
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A breakfast cereal made primarily from rice and wheat.

noun

Ketamine, used as a hallucinogen.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He seemed better this morning; he had eaten two donuts and a bowl of Special K for breakfast."
"Yeah, it's called the euphoric blockbuster and it's supposed to make Special K look weak."
"Ketamine, a powerful anesthetic that acts on an entirely different neurotransmitter system (and which has been ingested in rave clubs as Special K) was recently the subject of a glowing study by the National Institute of Mental Health."
"The soul leaves the sedated body and is free to travel, according to the not-exact testimony of numerous drugged-out Special K abusers."
"Recreational users call it "special K," and the euphoric, hallucinatory experience it induces the "K-hole.""

Etymology

Initial of Kellogg Company. The drug was nicknamed humorously after the cereal because its name begins with the letter k, as also with the slang sense of vitamin K.

Usage

Synonyms

k jet super acid honey oil green cat valium super c

Questions

What does special k mean?: A breakfast cereal made primarily from rice and wheat.
Where does special k come from?: Initial of Kellogg Company. The drug was nicknamed humorously after the cereal because its name begins with the letter k, as also with the slang sense of vitamin K.

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