Meaning of xandemic | Babel Free

Definitions

A period of time in the mid 2010s associated with widespread abuse of Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication, by teenagers in the United States.

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Examples

“Even that period of time, they call⟳ it the “xandemic”, where people were recreationally doing a lot of Xanax, doing a lot of benzos, that is also not quite as popular as it was before, though it’s still very big – painkillers as well.”

“No you don't get⟳ it my bf isn't dumb he's just a victim of gifted kid burnout and the xandemic”

“i completely understand⟳ younger ppl's aversion to drugs bc a lot of them were alive to see⟳ the xandemic.”

“I was prescribed xanax at the height of the xandemic in 2017 and this girl at my middle school tried buying some so i sold her my iron⟳ pills saying it was the xans and she did exactly this”

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