benzo

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.

noun

1. A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
2. Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of benzodiazepine.

   “The benzos, it turns out, are just as highly addicting as the barbs, but they do have a much lower potential to cause death by overdose.”

   “I feel fly / I'm rocking Kenzo / I'll get high, but I ain't doing benzos”

   “Now I'm starin' at the room service menu off a benzo / I can hear the music continue to crescendo”

   “Martin said he was partially inspired to open the store by his stepbrother Gord Rennie, who died of a drug overdose last year. Rennie was interviewed in the VICE News Tonight documentary, Beyond Fentanyl, about his addiction to benzo dope.”