Merriam-Webster: People are talking about 'key bumps,' and so we have a duty to tell you some things [View all]

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People are talking about ‘key bumps,’ and so we have a duty to tell you some things about this.

A ‘bump,’ in this context, may be defined as “a small quantity of an illicit drug when inhaled in powdered form at one time.” We do not enter ‘key bump’ as a fixed phrase, as it has not yet demonstrated wide currency of use.

You may, if you choose, refer to ‘small amounts of drugs sniffed off a key’ as ‘key bumps,’ but there is something you should be aware of…

This use of ‘key’ is what we call an attributive noun; you can read more about it here:

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