Slang Names for the Choking Game
Many kids talk openly about the choking game since they aren’t breaking any laws. Dozens of seemingly playful slang terms have been used to describe the practice, and parents and guardians must be able to identify when children are discussing the game. Terms marked with * are particularly popular in America.
America Slang Names
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Common Names in Europe
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- 5 Minutes of Heaven
- Airplaning
- America Dreaming *
- Black Out *
- Black Hole
- California High
- Choke Out
- Cloud Nine
- Flat Liner
- Funky Chicken
- Hangman
- Harvey Wall Banger
- High Riser
- Hyperventilating
- Knock-Out
- Lions and Tigers
- Natural High
- Purple Dragon *
- Rising Sun
- Rush
- Sleeping Game *
- Sleeper Hold *
- Snuff
- Something Dreaming
- Space Cowboy
- Space Monkey *
- Speed Dreaming
- Suffocation Roulette
- Twitching Game
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- Blue Dream,
- Coma
- Cosmos
- Fainting Fit
- Frog
- Indian Dream
- Lung’s Game,
- Napkins Game
- Tomatoes Game
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| Source: Culture of Safety |
Source: APEAS (France) |
