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The feeling of being temporarily smarter than you actually are.
means Elevated above the normal baseline — physically up, or mentally altered into a state of intoxication, euphoria, or exaggerated confidence.
from From Old English 'heah,' meaning tall or lofty, going back to a very old Germanic root (related to German 'hoch') that just meant 'elevated, up there.' For most of its life the word stuck to literal height — mountains, ceilings, kings on thrones. The drug sense is much newer, emerging in the 20th century as slang, built on the same old metaphor every language leans on: being altered or elated feels like floating upward, looking down on your normal self from somewhere higher up.
- dopamine spike
- brain mistakes chemical flood for genuine insight
- munchies science
- THC literally boosts smell receptors, hence midnight cravings
- altitude origin
- word meant elevation before it meant euphoria
- tolerance curse
- same high needs ever bigger doses over time