See copium on Wiktionary
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"A metaphorical opiate taken in order to cope with a loss or disillusionment, often leading to one becoming detached from reality and in denial of their situation."
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"(Internet slang, originally 4chan slang) A metaphorical opiate taken in order to cope with a loss or disillusionment, often leading to one becoming detached from reality and in denial of their situation."
],
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25,
31
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63,
69
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"ref": "2020 December 20, Jason Wilson, “Sky News Australia is increasingly pushing conspiracy theories to a global audience online”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2023:",
"text": "Some of this is simply dead ender-claptrap: straw-grasping and copium for Trumpists who are struggling to assimilate the new reality. But some of it is racist conspiracy theory, and Sky's new business model means that Australia is effectively exporting it.",
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251
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"ref": "2022 May 11, Matthew Gault, “Crypto Is Collapsing (For Now)”, in VICE, archived from the original on 13 May 2023:",
"text": "Some days I think that maybe we're not all gonna make it. It's been a bad week for cryptocurrency, and as of this recording, it's only Tuesday. Bitcoin is down. Ethereum's down. Stablecoin seems not so stable. The NFT market is tanking. There's copium all around, panicked posters, and soothing souls advising everyone to buy the dip.",
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}
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