INJECT, INJECTION
NOUNS
► HOOK, THE a hypodermic injection → 1941 Amer, sl., esp. military
► HYPE a hypodermic injection → 1929 sl., orig. US
► HYPO a hypodermic needle or injection → 1904 sl.
► LAVEMENT an injection → 1794
► X an injection → 1950s US drug culture sl.
VERBS
► HYPO to administer a hypodermic injection → 1925 sl.
► MAINLINE to inject intravenously in non-drug use → 1960s sl.
► PLAY THE VIOLIN to inject oneself → 1980s Aust. drug culture & prison sl.
Lexicophilia 