blem

comparative more blem · superlative most blem

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of blemished sometimes used on online auction sites.

plural blems

1. informalA blemished item.

   They're all blems. They're from the dumpster behind an apple-waxing plant in Washington State.

   1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, page 6

plural blems

1. Multicultural London EnglishcountableuncountableA cigarette, spliff or another intoxicant preparation for smoking.

   Give up the name, I pattern them / Why you der life, your smoking blem

   2018 October 26, “Bars at the Sesh”, J.B2 aka Mr.Affiliate (lyrics), Farrokh Beats (music), 0:23

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   I pop my cherry on the opp block, holding a four-ten, / corn for days, corn for them, / can’t single, we out like blem, / been bad since when, / [incomprehensible or probably censored] back then, / now I am tryna lurk with friend plus skeng

   2019 July 29, “Trips”, #CGE Mobz X TT X S13 (lyrics), SK-Beats (music), 1:31

   Opps don’t come borne no more, swear the opp boys deny their ends / Dem man der get high off on blem then give verbal online with friends

   2020 May 13, “Respawn”, Cillian (lyrics), 1:27

   Watched his world dissolve in his hands / Tried to roll a blem then put his head between his knees

   2020, Arlo Parks, Gianluca Buccellati, “Caroline”, in Collapsed in Sunbeams, performed by Arlo Parks

present singular third person blems · participle present blemming · participle past blemmed · past blemmed

1. Multicultural London EnglishalternativeslangAlternative form of blam (“to shoot”).

   And anyone of dem can curse, and we send shot And we send shot pon dem anyone of dem can get blem We send shot pon dem anyone of dem can get qweng

   2019 February 19, Lowkey (OFB), “Hold Dem”, 1:03–1:04