roofie

American  

[roo-fee] / ˈru fi /

noun

1. a dose of the sedative flunitrazepam, especially in tablet form, notoriously used to facilitate date rape or acquaintance rape.

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verb (used with object)

1. to dose (a person) with flunitrazepam or a similar drug, usually hiding it in a drink, in order to rape or otherwise victimize that person.

Etymology

Origin of roofie

First recorded in 1990–95; alteration and shortening of Rohypnol ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Thanks, Roofie. You’re the best sister!”

From Literature

He rummages through the candy, enjoying being in charge of the extra bounty, but then he becomes downcast and says, “Roofie, if I take your candy, all those people who thought I was a liar, just pretending to be trick-or-treating for you, will be right. I don’t want to be a crook.”

From Literature

“Wow, Roofie! I’m going to tell Baba and Zeide!”

From Literature

Izzie comes in and yells, “What are you doing, Roofie? I’m going to tell Mami!”

From Literature

But at risk of opening a new front in the “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” wars, it’s worth looking at the song again in the middle of this #MeToo moment, not so much because our modern perspective reveals the sexual culture of 1944 — the line “Say, what’s in this drink?” has not aged well in the post-“roofie” era —  but for what hasn’t changed since Frank Loesser wrote it as a closing number for a housewarming party.

From Washington Post