roofie

[roo-fee]

noun

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

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roofie¹

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

Example Sentences

The drug, colloquially known as a roofie when it is crushed and put into someone’s beverage without their knowledge, makes the subject drowsy and can lead to unconsciousness and memory loss.

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“I didn’t drink or anything back then, but then when I had maybe one or two sips, I just immediately started feeling dizzy and woozy. I don’t know what he put in there, I’m assuming it was a roofie.”

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"Ultimately there’s something sinister about the song’s playful ambiguity, as we’ll never truly know if she wants to stay or if it’s just the roofie talking."

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"Ultimately there’s something sinister about the song’s playful ambiguity, as we’ll never truly know if she wants to stay or if it’s just the roofie talking," he writes, in part.

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"The only part, when she was like, 'Hey, what's in this drink?' Maybe he slipped her a little ... roofie," she said.

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