Charlie Gilmour

C
Cannabis…Jamaican slang for 57 varieties of beans in tomato sauce.
Charlie…Abbreviation of Charles or Charlemagne.
Class A…Advanced class in metal work for neuropathic inmates (minimum 15 years’ experience required).
Class C…Lower Form for students with learning difficulties or with an IQ below 20.
Coke…Coal deprived of its volatile constituents.
Crack…Amusement provided by congenial conversation.
Crystal Meth…A globe-shaped rock crystal for looking into the future.

D
Dope…An idiot for getting caught.
Downer…A failure.

G
Grass…A food for simpletons.
Gear…(See “Stuff”).

H
Hash…Make a mess of things.
Heroin…A demigoddess.
Halfway Line…A line for one nostril.

J
Jack Up…A tool for raising a car from the ground.
Jay…A raucous woodland bird.

L
Line…A connection by means of a telephone wire.
LSD…UK currency pre-decimalization.

M
Mainline…A railway track linking two major towns.
Mandy…A call girl involved in the Profumo affair.

O
OD…Abbreviation of “Oh, dear!”

P
Poppers…Wired eyes.

R
Reefer…Jamaican slang for a person who umpires a football match.

S
Sleepers…Timber supporting a line.
Smack…A Max Mosley specialty.
Speed…Wiring equipment controlled by the police (what’s left of them).
Spliff…A word used by Tintin on poppers.
St’ash…Patron saint of drugs.
Strawberry Fields…Land left bare but which sometimes gives the illusion of containing strawberries.
Stuff…(See “Gear”).

U
Uppers…Out of gear and no money.

W
Wired…Held together with difficulty.