copium

名词 n.
/ˈkəʊp.i.əm/    /ˈkoʊp.i.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. Internet,uncountable
    — Cryptobros have been huffing copious amounts of copium after yesterday's devastating Bitcoin crash.
  2. Material used as a naive coping mechanism for facts one knows are not true. uncountable
    — 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.

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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