Bob Hope
English edit
Etymology edit
Rhyming slang, using the name of Bob Hope (1903–2003), British-born American comedian.
Noun edit
- (rhyming slang) Dope, cannabis.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 51:
- Avril and C. T. know nothing about Hal’s penchants for high-resin Bob Hope and underground absorption, […]
Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “Bob Hope n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang