Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sherm

/ʃɜː(ɹ)m/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: sherm
IPA: /ʃɜː(ɹ)m/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The drug phencyclidine (PCP).

Slang; Uncountable

noun

A cigarette soaked in PCP.

Countable; Slang

noun

A degenerate; a person not worthy of respect.

Countable; Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We gon smoke a dip, all of it; not a little bit; we gon smoke a sherm stick."
"It's like a sherm high niggas think they learned to fly, but they burn, motherfucker, you deserve to die."
"So there you got it. Pimp got a robbery charge hung around his neck, and Rome? That sherm fucked around and tried to buy some dope from an undercover cop. A whole lotta dope."

Etymology

From Nat Sherman, a cigarette brand and former tobacco store in New York City, which used to be the most popular brand to dip in PCP, because unlike most other cigarettes, they did not fall apart when wet.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sherms (plural)

Derived Forms

shermhead shermed

Phrases

sherm-head shermed out sherm stick

Questions

How do you pronounce sherm?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɜː(ɹ)m/.
What does sherm mean?: The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
Where does sherm come from?: From Nat Sherman, a cigarette brand and former tobacco store in New York City, which used to be the most popular brand to dip in PCP, because unlike most other cigarettes, they did not fall apart when wet.

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