The Journal of Joe The Peacock. Yay.: Why is "Tina" Slang For Crystal Meth?

6.29.2009:

Why is "Tina" Slang For Crystal Meth?

11:18 PM

Does anyone have a clue why the hell "Tina" is slang for crystal meth? I've Googled it, and all I can find that even remotely explains it is this entry:

"Tina Or Teena - name derives from the fact that meth is commonly bought in sixteenths of an ounce packages (aka "baggies") "

THIS MAKES NO SENSE. It only comes up because my company's name is This Is Not Art! Productions, and sometimes I refer to it as Tina, as in "Tina's picking up dinner" or "Tina just bought a new printer." And my company's site is really pathetic (especially considering what I do and who I've done it for). And when I mentioned to my friend Liz that I'm finally building a proper site for Tina, she was confused - she thought I was building a site dedicated to FAQs about crystal meth.

So really, does anyone have any clue why this name stuck? I mean... It makes no sense whatsoever.

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6 Comments:

Michael Adams said...: In the gay community, crystal meth was shortened to just crystal. Then it was nicknamed "christina," as a code word, which also carried a double entendre reference to Joan Crawford's daughter in MOMMIE DEAREST (a gay camp movie favorite). "Christina" was then abbreviated to "tina," and is often abbreviated to just "T." The drug's also nicknamed "the bitch."; 6/29/2009 11:49 PM
Chicken said...: This post has been removed by the author.; 6/29/2009 11:49 PM
Anonymous said...: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/203178.html; 6/30/2009 3:52 AM
Lizerati said...: Ha! Ok, now I know. And now I know Joe's not building an online monument to meth.; 6/30/2009 7:51 AM
cycoivan said...: Dude, they're methheads. It's not supposed to make sense :); 6/30/2009 1:35 PM
Anonymous said...: tina or teena right? sixTEENth of an ounce. HAAA get it?? lol; 12/31/2009 6:24 AM