Sorry BT but I think people call them smacky cos of what you look like when you are on them. I think it's a good descriptive word cos there's not much else you could say to capture the extended blinks, eyes rolling and a slack jaw than smacky. The term has been mistaken for a description of the contents rather than the physical observable effects of a pill. It's a shame most people don't know better but I think it works well and that's why it is so common.
OK, but if it's just a description of the physical observable effects, then shouldn't the proper description be "they made me look smacky"? On the other hand if they "feel smacky", then that implies that elements of the experience should remind the user of the feeling of being under the influence of heroin, which is (in my opinion) incorrect. I have the same opinion of the less commonly used term "cokey pills", in that it is misleading, and inaccurate, and lazy, and there are so many better ways to be descriptive and informative about describing ones drug experiences than to reference drugs which do not produce the same drug effects at all.
The reason I push this issue in each thread when it comes up (and it comes up a few times a year) is that in my opinion the use of 'street slang' does nothing to help... there are no benefits to the use of slang! If everyone on pillreports described every pill as dancy, cokey or smacky... or if everyone on erowid put up trip reports saying "i was fucked for x hours" with no elaboration, then really it would just be holding back the information.
I also think that realistically, if you're going to take the time out of your day to sit at your computer and share your experience with other people, for whatever reason, then you should make your words worthwhile. What is the motivation behind sitting down and brutally cheapening 3-4 hours of intense psychoactive stimulation, by calling it 'smacky'? It only takes ten more seconds to come up with a paragraph to describe the effects, in your own words, which gives much more insight for other people into what you really took. The more descriptive you can be, the more other people will be able to gain from your report. IMO reports such as "smacky pill... 2hr peak... 7/10" don't really help anyone much, and they particularly don't help anyone who's new to pills learn what drugs they've taken that made them feel that way. I haven't seen anyone use the words 'loved up' here in years heh.
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