We’ve seen lots of sports scandals in the news over the years that have to do with performance-enhancing drugs, commonly referred to as doping. Dope, from the Dutch word doop, is actually a gravy or a ...
"Dope," a friend said the other day. Was he being rude? Was he selling marijuana? Was he offering hush-hush tips about a horse race? That, it turned out, was his point. The word dope, he said, has ...