butyl nitrite
noun
: an oily liquid ester C4H9NO2 of butyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is inhaled illicitly especially as an aphrodisiac compare popper
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Despite their ubiquity at the club and in the bedroom, poppers have existed in a dubiously legal space since the enactment of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, which outlawed the sale of butyl nitrite, one of the compounds that can be used as poppers.
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James Factora, Them, 14 Mar. 2025
Inside the labyrinth of the upper floors, men sniffed a highly volatile liquid called butyl nitrite—poppers, as the type of drug is still known.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
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James Factora, Them, 14 Mar. 2025
Inside the labyrinth of the upper floors, men sniffed a highly volatile liquid called butyl nitrite—poppers, as the type of drug is still known.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
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“Butyl nitrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butyl%20nitrite. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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