trunkie

English translation: tranquilisers

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English term or phrase:trankies (tranks)
Selected answer:tranquilisers
Entered by: moken

21:31 Nov 2, 2003
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary / slang / drugs
English term or phrase: trunkie
Hi Proz,

My apologies for the nature of the text. Please rest assured that it is for a very good cause.

The report is about people in a drug slum in Spain, but written by a South African. I've looked in all sorts of slang dictionaries and resources and have not found any explanation for this word. I am under the impression that, more than a typo, it might be a misspelt afrikaans or dutch word or a bad transcription of a similar sounding word. Can anyone out there get close to an explanation?

Excerpts:

"2 years ago in the winter, XXX had not slept for 6 days. She came to XXX and got a trunkie. She took the trunkie, and placed her cigarette in the ashtray of the car."

...

"XXX Aged: 25
“I am not crazy. I am not schizophrenic. Society thinks I am crazy because I take too many trunkies.”

XXX is 24 years old. She has been taking drugs for 9 years. She lives in XXX. She sells trunkies, tin foil, cigarettes, clean needles, etc to make money for her drug habit.


MTIA

Álvaro :O)

p.s. I have been suggested this may mean "joint", but I don't think you would speak of "taking joints", as in some of the examples above.
moken
Local time: 05:40
tranquilisers
Explanation:
tranquilisers, maybe (trankie/tranquey)...used as downers (valium, librium etc)
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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:40
Grading comment
yes, it makes all the sense.

with a bit more searching, i found "tranks" as a common slang way of referring to them. as usual points can be split, but gratitude certainly can; thanks a million to all of you, i was genuinely stuck!!

:O) :O) :O)
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3 +1tranquilisers
jerrie
1 +1a cocaine fix
Fantutti (X)


  

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tranquilisers


Explanation:
tranquilisers, maybe (trankie/tranquey)...used as downers (valium, librium etc)

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Grading comment
yes, it makes all the sense.

with a bit more searching, i found "tranks" as a common slang way of referring to them. as usual points can be split, but gratitude certainly can; thanks a million to all of you, i was genuinely stuck!!

:O) :O) :O)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fantutti (X): makes more sense than my trunkie version.
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a cocaine fix


Explanation:
???? Just an uneducated guess; however, the fact of the matter is that you sniff it (cocaine) up your nose, your 'trunk', so to speak.

Good luck!!!

Fantutti (X)
Local time: 22:40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Science451: the 24-year-old girl doesn't sell tranquilizers...so I really think you're right!
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