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Uptown

uptown

Uptown | Place/slang | Uptown is drug slang for cocaine, the opposite of down (heroin). It is also a place in New York which is probably why someone thought it would be a good idea to use it in reference to Mount Pleasant, just like SoMa. We blame condos marketers.

Usage: “This drug dealer offered me some ‘uptown’ and I was all confused so I said, like, “Mount Pleasant is totally that way, dude…”

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One of the Most Beloved Players to Ever Wear a Canucks Uniform

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"Like sunshine after rain and dawn after dark, a report of a burning vehicle usually means a gangster has just been shot at."