doper time

English

Noun

doper time (uncountable)

1. (slang) The imprecise nature of scheduling drug deals, where the stated time of a transaction is often different from the actual time of it taking place.
   • 2008, ATF Sierra One Waco:

     If he says he can meet at noon on Tuesday, he may come at 10:00 p.m. and doesn't even understand how anyone could be angry with him. We always referred to it as "doper time.”

   • 2010, George S. Steffen, ‎Samuel M. Candelaria, Drug Interdiction:

     In the drug world, "doper time" is often used to determine timing of transactions.

   • 2020, Steve Smartt, On Target:

     Of course, doper time being doper time, It would take a couple of weeks for this buy to go down.

   • 2022, Robert D. Garcia, The Thin Blue Line: Undercover Operations:

     We had a saying that there was our time and there was doper time.

   • 2023, Joaquin "Jack" Garcia, Making Jack Falcone:

     Remember, wiseguy time and doper time isn't military time.

2. Synonym of dope time
   • 2016, Tom Russell, Border Games, page 83:

     Fortunately for him, she was operating on doper time and didn't wear a watch.