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What is the word origin of the word 'dope'?
The American English word dope was coined in 1807, meaning "sauce, gravy, thick liquid", from the Dutch word doop, meaning "thick dipping sauce". It acquired its extension to …a slang word for a "drug" in 1889, thanks to the practice of smoking a semi-liquid opium preparation. Dope-fiend and dopey are noted by various dictionaries to have come into use around 1896. There are later slang uses of the word that also became very popular: In the modern era, "dope" became a common slang word for drugs, especially for marijuana, but later for other drugs. And in hip-hop, it became a common slang word for something really impressive: a rapper who was talented was said to spin out some "dope rhymes." (MORE)
