Re: booze words

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Collier
> I imagine its from German 'bei' (eng. 'by') or some
> Gmc  antecedent of that.
>
> English has 'smack' of course, meaning taste, and also
> 'it smacks of...' as a colloquial expression for 'it's
> redolent of...'
"smack" is also slang for heroin.