doper time

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noundoper time (uncountable)

slanguncountableThe imprecise nature of scheduling drug deals, where the stated time of a transaction is often different from the actual time of it taking place.
Remember, wiseguy time and doper time isn't military time.
2023, Joaquin "Jack" Garcia, Making Jack Falcone
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If he says he can meet at noon on Tuesday, he may come at 10:00 p.m. and doesn't even understand how anyone could be angry with him. We always referred to it as "doper time.”
2008, ATF Sierra One Waco
In the drug world, "doper time" is often used to determine timing of transactions.
2010, George S. Steffen, Samuel M. Candelaria, Drug Interdiction
Of course, doper time being doper time, It would take a couple of weeks for this buy to go down.
2020, Steve Smartt, On Target
We had a saying that there was our time and there was doper time.
2022, Robert D. Garcia, The Thin Blue Line: Undercover Operations
uncountableSynonym of dope time.
Fortunately for him, she was operating on doper time and didn't wear a watch.
2016, Tom Russell, Border Games, page 83
Synonyms: dope time

nounSynonym of dope time.

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