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Dope slang
The definitions of dope would be drugs, cool, and awesome.
The origin of of dope is dutch and was originally called doop which means gravy or a liquidy substance, but the direct translation of doop is baptism. Over time its meaning changed just as the migrants from the Netherlands came to America. The word doop came to the U.S because of Dutch migrants. Then the way the word was pronounced was changed but the meaning was relativity the same narcotics but being awesome is new.
The origin of of dope is dutch and was originally called doop which means gravy or a liquidy substance, but the direct translation of doop is baptism. Over time its meaning changed just as the migrants from the Netherlands came to America. The word doop came to the U.S because of Dutch migrants. Then the way the word was pronounced was changed but the meaning was relativity the same narcotics but being awesome is new.
This is a map showing where the word doop originated.
Dope is considered a drug because it is similar to the word Dopamine in your brain which is why you get addicted to things.
This is a video on the different meanings dope.
Music has impacted the popularity of the word dope. Rappers such as snoop dog, wiz Khalifa, Dr. Dre etc. use the word dope in most of their songs
Language changes over time. The word dope traveled from on side of the Earth to another. That shows that language can be taken and changes over time incredibly quickly. Also shows that people will follow people who are famous.