OD
overdose
TRANSLATION
OD = (overdose) die Überdosis --- GOOGLE INDEX OD: approximately 500,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Accidental OD killed Anna Nicole Smith's son.
(New York Post)
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I guess you could say that my love life was not up to par
Too many nights alone had left some permanent scars
She told me she'd love me and I told her that I'd do the same
Then I OD'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name
- from the Hank Williams Jr. song "OD'd in Denver"
(New York Post)
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I guess you could say that my love life was not up to par
Too many nights alone had left some permanent scars
She told me she'd love me and I told her that I'd do the same
Then I OD'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name
- from the Hank Williams Jr. song "OD'd in Denver"
Did you
know?
OD
abbreviation, slang
- acronym for overdose, usually in the context taking too much of a drug
- a humorous way to say you have had too much of something, such as food
OD'd
verb (He OD'd on heroin)
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WORD ORIGIN
The expression OD, short for overdose, grew out of the 1960s drug scene, a time that saw several celebrity rock stars die from drug overdoses: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Keith Moon & John Entwhistle (The Who), and Jim Morrison (The Doors) to name a few.
Overdoses can occur with just about anything that can be ingested or eaten, even snacks, sometimes with tragic consequences.
In 1979, a city employee named Dan White went on a rampage and killed San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk in City Hall. At his trial, White's lawyer argued that his client's mental state at the time of the killings was one of diminished capacity due to depression. Therefore, they argued, he was not capable of planning his act of violence, and thus was not legally guilty of first-degree murder.
Among several factors cited as evidence of White's depressed state was his consumption of sugary junk food in the months before the assassination. White's defence was called "the Twinkie defence" in reference to the cream-filled snack cake.
The jury found White guilty of voluntary manslaughter rather than first-degree murder. Outrage within San Francisco's gay community over the resulting seven-year sentence sparked the city's White Night Riots. The outcome of the court case led to the elimination of California's "diminished capacity" law.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"OD on coffee and you won't be able to sleep tonight."
abbreviation, slang
- acronym for overdose, usually in the context taking too much of a drug
- a humorous way to say you have had too much of something, such as food
OD'd
verb (He OD'd on heroin)
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WORD ORIGIN
The expression OD, short for overdose, grew out of the 1960s drug scene, a time that saw several celebrity rock stars die from drug overdoses: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Keith Moon & John Entwhistle (The Who), and Jim Morrison (The Doors) to name a few.
Overdoses can occur with just about anything that can be ingested or eaten, even snacks, sometimes with tragic consequences.
In 1979, a city employee named Dan White went on a rampage and killed San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk in City Hall. At his trial, White's lawyer argued that his client's mental state at the time of the killings was one of diminished capacity due to depression. Therefore, they argued, he was not capable of planning his act of violence, and thus was not legally guilty of first-degree murder.
Among several factors cited as evidence of White's depressed state was his consumption of sugary junk food in the months before the assassination. White's defence was called "the Twinkie defence" in reference to the cream-filled snack cake.
The jury found White guilty of voluntary manslaughter rather than first-degree murder. Outrage within San Francisco's gay community over the resulting seven-year sentence sparked the city's White Night Riots. The outcome of the court case led to the elimination of California's "diminished capacity" law.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"OD on coffee and you won't be able to sleep tonight."
