Word: declass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also considerable speculation that Hanoi may be facilitating the flow of cheap heroin into South Viet Nam as a means of demoralizing American forces while picking up considerable foreign exchange. With the exception of a few teenage "cowboys" and bar girls, Vietnamese shun heroin, which they regard as declassé and crass compared to opium. Virtually all of it goes into American bloodstreams. In efforts to get Saigon to clamp down on traffickers, the U.S. has already offended the sensitive pride of Vietnamese sovereignty by insisting on stricter customs inspections...
...liked the idea. Hair is not the hippiest, or the grooviest possible way of saying it; but at least it's saying it. A lot of people would say, 'It's so declass- it's a piece of shit,' but you gotta start by shovelling the shit out first...
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