Word: viper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...effects of marijuana smoking somewhat resemble those of alcohol. Within half to one hour the viper's eyes redden, his pupils dilate, his tongue gets parched. If he is a novice, he frequently breaks into uncontrollable laughter, or vomits. But an hour or so later he is "high." He has a sensation of floating on air, or falling softly on waves. His ears ring sweetly, his head swims pleasantly, his limbs are langorously heavy, his hunger grows, especially for sweets. Curious things happen to his perceptions of space and time. Objects a mile outside the window may seem with...
...most U. S. cities the marijuana salesman peddles his cigarets to known clients in public places. He is known to his clients as a "pusher." His clients are known as "vipers." Etiquette between pushers and vipers is necessarily delicate. When he wants to buy, the viper sidles up to the pusher and inquires "Are ya stickin'?" or "Are ya layin' down the hustle?" If the answer is affirmative, the viper says, "Gimme an ace" (meaning one reefer), "a deuce" (meaning two), or "a deck" (meaning a large number). The viper may then quietly "blast the weed" (smoke...
That is why TIME goes to such lengths to tell you how people in the news look and sound and act (even when they are "viper-thin" or "hen-shaped"). We think by helping you size up the actors we can also help you size up the news. And we think that giving you a visual handle by which to remember the actors also helps you remember the news in which they played the leading part...
Still a playboy at 40, Ciano loves to show off his figure. He built a huge fortune out of Albanian land grabs, corporation shares and the earnings of the Ciano family newspaper, Il Telegrafo. He got his job by marrying Mussolini's viper-lean, predatory daughter, Edda. He was one of the original promoters of the Berlin-Rome Pact. He also strongly urged the Italian attack on Greece...
...that sold more than a million copies. Three Barney Google musicomedies toured the U.S. for two years; a toy manufacturer sold $1,000,000 worth of Google and Spark Plug toys and dolls; many a Google catchphrase entered the slanguage ("Horsefeathers!" "Heebie-jeebies"; "Jeepers Creepers!" "Youse Is A Viper"; "Bus' Mah Britches!" "Time's a'wastin'!"). In the mid '30s De Beck abandoned Spark Plug, subordinated Barney, brought bodacious Hillbilly Snuffy Smith (also a slangy shorty) to the fore...