bananadine
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined for a hoax in the Berkeley Barb in 1967, presumably from banana + -ine.
Noun edit
bananadine (uncountable)
- A fictional psychoactive substance said to be extracted from banana peels.
- 1967, The American Journal of Psychiatry:
- They conclude that the "active ingredient" in bananadine is the psychic suggestibility of the user in the proper setting.
- 1970, Oliver Erasmus Byrd, Medical readings on drug abuse:
- The smoking of dried scrapings from the inner portion of banana peel (bananadine or mellow yellow) has received the most national publicity.
- 1983, Michael Myslobodsky, Hemisyndromes, psychobiology, neurology, psychiatry:
- The most embarrassing and ludicrous event seldom recalled in the professional literature is the story of "bananadine" or "mellow yellow," […]