Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishscale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: fish-scale
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scale of a fish.

Countable

noun

Cocaine, usually of high quality, taken directly off the brick and uncut.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The kids out here don't know a flake from a fish—if you asked them what fishscale is, they wouldn't know. [Fishscale is high-grade cocaine powder with few rock-like chunks.]"
"Oh shit, it was Fishscale! It was love at first sight. He nearly fell back in his chair. "No mothafuckin' way!" he yelled. He jumped up and danced a little two-step jig and thanked his lucky stars for the come-up. Fishscale cocaine! It was fucking Fishscale!"
""You can get anything on here—isn't it incredible?" Slick Guy continues. "I couldn't believe it, either. I mean anything. MDMA from Holland, high-end weed, fish-scale coke, whatever."

Etymology

From fish + scale. The use for sense 2 is from its appearance as shiny yellowish flakes resembling the scales of a fish, as opposed to dull white powder.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fishscales (plural) fish-scale (alternative)

Questions

What does fishscale mean?: The scale of a fish.
Where does fishscale come from?: From fish + scale. The use for sense 2 is from its appearance as shiny yellowish flakes resembling the scales of a fish, as opposed to dull white powder.

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