Slang

fix (2)

This page is about the slang term fix (2)

Meaning

a dose of an illegal drug, especially one that is injected with a syringe

For example

  • The police found a syringe and some white powder near the girl's body and concluded that she'd had a fix and then died from a drug overdose.

  • Drug users need to have clean syringes for every fix to prevent the spread of AIDS, but some people in the government try to stop them from getting clean syringes.

Quick Quiz

Drug users need a new syringe for every fix so that they

a. don't have to waste time cleaning syringes

b. can always use needles that are sharp

c. don't get, or pass on, AIDS by using dirty syringes
a) don't have to waste time cleaning syringes b) can always use needles that are sharp c) don't get, or pass on, AIDS by using dirty syringes

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Contributor: Matt Errey