flakka
noun
flakka is a noun meaning “The stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone or alpha-PVP” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-K-K-A, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flakka mean?
noun
- 1
slangThe stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone or alpha-PVP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flakka?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-flakka.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is flakka?
Flakka appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flakka come from?
From colloquial Spanish flaka (“an elegant, charming woman”), derived from Spanish flaca (“skinny, slender”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).