hard stuff

noun

Slang.

1. strongly addictive drugs.

2. liquor with a high alcoholic content; hard liquor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard stuff¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

But it’s always beer — I don’t really drink any hard stuff.

From Los Angeles Times

Any time you ever get better, you only grow through the hard stuff.

From Los Angeles Times

Though really, I was more than eager to breeze through the hard stuff, “win” a few sessions by making my therapist crack a smile at my mental binder of self-critical jokes and then graduate onto the next thing.

From Salon

While Buddy did have some vices in the film — pretty much all of which involved substances containing copious amounts of sugar — he seems to have since moved on to the hard stuff.

From Los Angeles Times

The government also wants to announce the hard stuff now so that it feels like a distant memory by the time of the election.

From BBC

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