Noun:
A relatively recently slang adaptation on the U.S. East Coast (including parts of the following states/City: PA, MD, Washington DC, and Virginia) for the notorious street drug heroin - an illicit, powerful, and deadly opioid narcotic.
"Xena" Synonyms and Related
Words:
heroin,
dope, H, boy, down,
brown, dogfood, charlie, smack, junk, scramble, tar, shot
Phonetics:
xe-na
ZEE + NUH
Etymology:
Derived from the fictional
female title character, Xena, from the 1990's television franchise "Xena: Warrior
Princess." This adaptation of Xena as a moniker for heroin is a clever reference to Xena notably being the heroine of the franchise. The spelling of "heroine" is the same as that of the drug ("heroin") with only an addition of a letter "e" to the end.
"Let's go to West Baltimore to score some Xena."
"The first few dances with the Xena were so powerful and full of bliss, so that I cannot put them into
words.... but everything that subsequently followed would never
even come close, but now I'm at where I was before but
even a little lower...
