bananadine

English

Etymology

Coined for a hoax in the Berkeley Barb in 1967, presumably from banana +‎ -ine.

Noun

bananadine (uncountable)

  1. A fictional psychoactive substance said to be extracted from banana peels.
    • 1967, The American Journal of Psychiatry:
      They conclude that the "active ingredient" in bananadine is the psychic suggestibility of the user in the proper setting.
    • 1970, Oliver Erasmus Byrd, Medical readings on drug abuse:
      The smoking of dried scrapings from the inner portion of banana peel (bananadine or mellow yellow) has received the most national publicity.
    • 1983, Michael Myslobodsky, Hemisyndromes, psychobiology, neurology, psychiatry:
      The most embarrassing and ludicrous event seldom recalled in the professional literature is the story of "bananadine" or "mellow yellow," […]

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