Chem

//kɛm// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clipping of chemical. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable

    "chem plant; chem weapons"

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of chemistry (“branch of natural science”), usually referring to the subject or the department. abbreviation, alt-of, capitalized, clipping, often, uncountable

    "It boils down to science. Biology, chemistry and physics. I used to hate bio and chem. Now they fascinate me because I’ve realised they make up the world around us as well as us."

  2. 2
    Clipping of chemical. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, in-plural, informal, often

    "The seas, morosely fished by Ethan and the others, are heavily polluted, with Ethan informing Timothy, who risked a freezing dip: “If the tide doesn’t get you, the chems will. You want to stay healthy past forty, alive past fifty, you’ll remember to stay well out of the water.”"

  3. 3
    Clipping of chemical.; A chemical weapon. countable, in-plural, informal, often, uncountable

    "This is the very opposite of what we’ve called for — namely, for Biden to publicly identify in advance a specific US (at least) hard-power response to Putin’s use of chems (or other weapons of mass destruction)."

  4. 4
    Clipping of chemical.; A recreational drug. countable, in-plural, informal, often, uncountable

    "“I actively searched for someone to tell me how they’d made an informed and calculated choice to use chems and, that for them, the chem scene is just recreation.” […] “Even those who told me sex on chems made them feel ‘like a don’ would follow up such celebratory statements with tales of rejection, regret, loneliness and longing for intimacy,” he said."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clippings.

Etymology 2

Clippings.

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