copium
名词 n.
英 /ˈkəʊp.i.əm/
美 /ˈkoʊp.i.əm/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A metaphorical opiate taken in order to cope with a loss or disillusionment, often leading to one becoming detached from reality and in denial of their situation.
— Cryptobros have been huffing copious amounts of copium after yesterday's devastating Bitcoin crash.
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Material used as a naive coping mechanism for facts one knows are not true.
— We both know that's just copium for the fact you're losing.
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Old French couperder.
English cope
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós
Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor.
Latin opiumbor.
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Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor.
English opium
blend
English copium
Blend of cope (“delusion, coping mechanism”) + opium. First cited usage points back to the album entitled Copium released by American rapper Keak da Sneak in 2003. The term was popularized in 2020 by a reaction image of Pepe the Frog hooked up to a gas cylinder labeled "copium". Sometimes reanalyzed as cope + -ium.
Old French couperder.
English cope
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós
Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor.
Latin opiumbor.
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Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor.
English opium
blend
English copium
Blend of cope (“delusion, coping mechanism”) + opium. First cited usage points back to the album entitled Copium released by American rapper Keak da Sneak in 2003. The term was popularized in 2020 by a reaction image of Pepe the Frog hooked up to a gas cylinder labeled "copium". Sometimes reanalyzed as cope + -ium.
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