Max (cigarette)
WordNet
noun
(1) Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Borrowed from the diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.
Quotations
- 2002 Cynthia Heimel: If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet? Grove Press 2002. ISBN 0802139507 page 177:
- Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there are enough Maxes now. Any more Maxes and the breed will go to the dogs.
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Proper noun
- , diminutive of Maxime and Maximilien.
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Proper noun
- , a popular diminutive of Maximilian.
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Proper noun
- borrowed from German in the 19th century.