Editing Opium (section)

== Slang terms ==
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Some slang terms for opium include: "Big O", "Shanghai Sally", "dope", "hop", "midnight oil", "O.P.", and "tar". "Dope" and "tar" can also refer to heroin. The traditional opium pipe is known as a "dream stick."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thatspoppycock.com/library/media/opiate-slang-dictionary/|title=Opiate Slang Dictionary|website=That's Poppycock|access-date=May 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409154135/http://www.thatspoppycock.com/library/media/opiate-slang-dictionary/|archive-date=April 9, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The term ''dope'' entered the English language in the early nineteenth century, originally referring to viscous liquids, particularly sauces or gravy.<ref name="Wordorigins">Dave Wilton, [http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/dope/ "dope"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002102526/http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/dope/ |date=October 2, 2016 }}, ''Wordorigins.org'' (5 January 2009).</ref>&nbsp; It has been used to refer to opiates since at least 1888, and this usage arose because opium, when prepared for smoking, is viscous.<ref name="Wordorigins" />