slang, ironic
copium
Meaning
- An imaginary drug for coping with a loss or failure.
- Used to mock someone’s denial or excuse.
“He says he wasn’t trying anyway. Pure copium.”
Where it came from
A blend of cope and opium. It first appeared on 4chan’s /int/ board in March 2018, and a 2019 image of Pepe the Frog hooked to a copium tank spread the term across Twitter, Reddit, and Twitch. cope