rohypnol

plural rohypnols

1. uncountableFlunitrazepam, a hypnotic drug (sleeping pill), sometimes used as a date rape drug.

   Why are you drinking rohypnol, Jen? Flunitrazepam, histomet... Yep, that's definitely rohypnol. Are you having problems with insomnia or?

   2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, “Men Without Women”, in The IT Crowd, season 2, episode 6, spoken by Maurice Moss (Richard Ayoade)

   Synonyms: roaches, roofie, rope, Rufalin

2. countableA tablet of flunitrazepam.

alternative rohypnol

1. medicineFlunitrazepam, a hypnotic drug (sleeping pill), sometimes used as a date rape drug.First known use 1970s

   Rohypnol like a chloroform / Sugar from the day you are born / Washed out like a dinosaur

   2003, “Brothers and Sisters”, in Think Tank, performed by Blur

   2 more examples

   Ten milligrams of Rohypnol before I take her to the ER will eradicate all memory of the last month of her life, let alone this evening. They’ll simply think some overjuiced undergrad date-raped her; it happens all the time.

   2001 July 31, Ross LaManna, chapter 26, in Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 232

   Both Rohypnol and Seconal are physically addictive, and use of all three drugs rapidly builds up tolerance.

   2001 October 14, Jason Burke, “Death of a princess”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014

   Synonyms: flunitrazepam