noun
Street Slang
purple drank
· noun · texas
Codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with soda and candy — the original name for lean.
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A recreational drink built from prescription codeine-promethazine cough syrup, a clear soda (usually Sprite), and a Jolly Rancher dropped in for color and sweetness. The purple comes straight from the syrup's dye. Born in Houston's hip-hop scene in the late '80s, pushed mainstream by DJ Screw, and tied to multiple rapper deaths since.
“He poured a double cup of purple drank before the show and could barely stand by the second verse.”
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purple drank In A Sentence
He poured a double cup of purple drank before the show and could barely stand by the second verse.
Origin & Usage
Houston, Texas hip-hop scene in the late 1980s; popularized nationally through DJ Screw's chopped-and-screwed mixtapes in the '90s.
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