- up
- 1. (of a male)copulating withTout court and in a variety of vulgar phrases:'When you're up who, Barbara's down on whom?' asks Flora. 'Flora, you're coarse,' says Howard. (Bradbury, 1975)2. under the influence of illegal narcoticsThe result of getting highI knew one 4th Division Lurp who took his pills by the fistful, downs from the left pocket of his tiger suit and ups from the right. (Herr, 1977)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.