skinpop

English

Etymology

skin +‎ pop

Verb

skinpop (third-person singular simple present skinpops, present participle skinpopping, simple past and past participle skinpopped)

1. (slang) To inject drugs subcutaneously.
   • 1968, Richard Brotman, Alfred M. Freedman, A Community Mental Health Approach to Drug Addiction, page 97:

     The patient skinpopped for 1½ years and then started to mainline heroin.

   • 2015, Charles McLeod, Settlers of Unassigned Lands, page 22:

     […] the ones who come over past midnight and skinpop, the best high for fucking […]

Alternative forms

• skin-pop