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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