List of slang names for cannabis explained

More than slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use.[1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.

Slang names for cannabis (drug)

Slang names for marijuana

Most slang names for marijuana and hashish date to the jazz era, when it was called gauge, jive, reefer. Weed is a commonly used slang term for drug cannabis. New slang names, like trees, came into use early in the twenty-first century.[2] [3] [4]

Slang names for cannabis identified by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration

Whether all of these terms are slang names is disputed by some scholars, including writers at The Boston Globe and Reason Magazine.[25] [26] Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include:[27]

Regional slang names

Francosphere

Hispanosphere

Elsewhere

Nigeria

Sweden

Flower/fruit
Hash

Indonesia

Leaf

Slang names for good-quality cannabis

Slang names for poor-quality cannabis

Slang names for a cannabis cigarette

Slang names for a package or a specific amount of cannabis

Slang names for consuming cannabis

Slang names for cannabis' effects

Slang names for a person who consumes cannabis

See also

Notes and References

  1. 420 Day: Why There Are So Many Different Names for Weed . Steinmetz . Katy . 20 April 2017 . Time . 24 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Pot patois: A comprehensive etymology of marijuana . Linder, Courtney . 19 April 2015 . The Pitt News.
  3. Web site: How Weed Became the Hippest Slang Term for Marijuana . Yagoda, Ben . 5 March 2014 . Lexicon Valley.
  4. Web site: The ABCs of Marijuana Slang From the DEA . McKee Simmons, Kate . 16 June 2017 . Westword.
  5. News: Embrace 4/20 With These Nicknames For All Things Weed . 20 April 2015 . . 26 April 2017.
  6. Web site: The Ultimate Guide to Marijuana Slang . Vanderhorst, Kaleb . 29 June 2023 . BudsCannaCorner.
  7. Web site: List of Marijuana Slang Terms . Green, Johnny . 29 April 2011 . The Weed Blog.
  8. Web site: Jefferson County Sheriff - Drug Slang Terms.
  9. Web site: Barrington Levy – Collie Weed.
  10. Web site: Rogers . Carl . 2024-06-24 . Exotic Weed . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131174255/https://mooselabs.us/blogs/news/exotic-weed-vs-regular-weed-how-to-know-the-difference . 2023-01-31 . 2024-08-05 . Moose Labs . en.
  11. Web site: W . Bryan . 2022-12-10 . Weed, Marijuana, Loud, Gas: The Many Names For Cannabis . https://web.archive.org/web/20231208182824/https://headynj.com/culture/weed-marijuana-loud-gas-the-different-names-for-cannabis/ . 2023-12-08 . 2024-08-04 . Heady NJ.
  12. Book: John Charles Chasteen. Getting High: Marijuana through the Ages. 9 February 2016. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-4422-5470-1. 140–.
  13. https://dopemagazine.com/reefer-man-jazz-cigarette/#:~:text=Everyone's%20heard%20the%20term%20%E2%80%9Cjazz,its%20actual%20meaning%3A%20a%20joint .
  14. Web site: 'Brownie Mary' Rathbun Dies; Advocated Medical Marijuana. Woo, Elaine. April 13, 1999. Los Angeles Times.
  15. Book: Tom Dalzell . The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English . 25 July 2008 . Routledge . 978-1-134-19478-0 . 673.
  16. Book: Islands in Transition: The Past, Present, and Future of Haiwaii's Economy . Thomas Kemper Hitch . Robert M. Kamins . University of Hawaii Press . 1992 . 978-0-8248-1498-4 . 225–.
  17. Street or Slang Names for Drugs . 2019-05-09 . Snohomish County Health Department . 2 . 2024-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210502103449/https://www.snohd.org/DocumentCenter/View/2516/Drug_Names_Slang_2019_05_09 . 2021-05-02.
  18. Web site: Cooking With Cannabis: 8 Delicious Marijuana Recipes. Colella, Kristin. February 6, 2014. TheStreet.com.
  19. Book: The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Terry . Victor. Tom . Dalzell. Routledge. 2007. 978-1134615346. 614.
  20. Web site: Bye Bye, Baggie: 5 Elegant Storage Boxes For Your Stash . Wright, Julia . 6 May 2016 . Civilized . 30 June 2019 . 3 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803050206/https://www.civilized.life/articles/elegant-marijuana-storage-boxes/ . dead .
  21. Web site: MacKinnon . Malcolm . 2017-12-19 . Where All Those Marijuana Slang Terms Came From . 2024-04-11 . The Fresh Toast . en-US.
  22. Book: Stoned, I.M. . Dope: The 200 Most Awesome Things About Weed . 2014 . . 9781440586231 . Dope.
  23. Book: Coertzen . Pieter . Green . M Christiaan . Hansen . Len . Law and Religion in Africa: The quest for the common good in pluralistic societies. 2015. African Sun Media . 978-1-919985-63-3. 186.
  24. News: Coltin . Jeff . Ngo . Emily . Reisman . Nick . 2024-03-14 . Goodbye, Zaza Waza . 2024-04-11 . . Zaza is slang for top-tier weed.
  25. Web site: The DEA's List of Cannabis Slang Is Predictably Hilarious: Does anyone actually call weed "shoe"? . Davis, Zuri . 10 July 2018 . Reason Magazine.
  26. Web site: The DEA just put out a new list of slang terms for marijuana, and some of them are pretty hilarious . Reiss, Jaclyn . 10 July 2018 . The Boston Globe.
  27. July 2018 . Slang Terms and Code Words: A Reference for Law Enforcement Personnel . Drug Enforcement Agency . 6 . DEA-HOU-DIR-022-18 . 8 February 2019.
  28. Book: Jean-Pierre Martin. Christophe Lamfalussy. Molenbeek-sur-djihad. document. Grasset. 18 January 2017. 53–. Grasset . 978-2-246-86277-2. fr.
  29. Web site: fr. drogue : hachich, herbe, cannabis, marijuana. www.languefrancaise.net. 2018-06-15.
  30. Book: Terminology and Information on Drugs. United Nations Publications. 2003. 5–. 978-92-1-148163-1.
  31. Book: Dominique Duprez. Michel Kokoreff. Les mondes de la drogue. usages et trafics dans les quartiers. Odile Jacob. 2000. 386–. Odile Jacob . 978-2-7381-0776-3.
  32. Web site: . 2020 . Información sobre la marihuana . 2022-04-17 . es.
  33. Web site: 2017-02-14 . El lenguaje coloquial del cannabis en España . 2022-04-17 . CSC Abogados . es.
  34. Web site: Rodellar . Pol . 2017-04-20 . Las mil maneras de llamar a los porros en España . 2022-04-17 . . es.
  35. News: Solís Lerici . Alessandro . 2016-08-07 . México lanza el diccionario de las drogas . 2022-04-17 . . es.
  36. Book: Rowan Robinson. The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant. 1996. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. 978-0-89281-541-8. 58–.
  37. Book: Professor Anita Kalunta-Crumpton . Pan-African Issues in Drugs and Drug Control: An International Perspective . 28 June 2015 . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. . 978-1-4724-2214-9.
  38. Web site: Slangopedia: Slangordbok, slanglexikon, slangord, sköna ord, ordbok, uttryck och talesätt . www.slangopedia.se.
  39. News: 2018-03-26 . Daun Singkong Dikira Ganja, Ini Jadinya . 2023-12-28 . Liputan6 . id.
  40. Web site: Schwag . www.dictionary.com . 6 September 2020.
  41. Web site: BIFTER | Meaning & Definition for UK English . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020143920/https://www.lexico.com/definition/bifter . dead . October 20, 2020 . Lexico.com . 2022-08-24.
  42. Book: Vice Slang . Tom Dalzell . Terry Victor . 31 October 2007 . Routledge . 978-1-134-19484-1 . 116–.
  43. Web site: Beef Cattle Discovery - Skeletal - Tarsal Joint | Animal & Food Sciences.
  44. Web site: Seals and Crofts – Cows of Gladness.
  45. Web site: Leafly's dictionary of weed slang.
  46. Web site: Units of Measurement for Marijuana . ganjapreneur.com . 14 September 2014 . 8 September 2020.
  47. Book: Cheech & Chong's Almost Legal Book for Stoners . Marin . Cheech . Chong, Tommy . 2013 . . 166–170 . 9780762449873.
  48. Web site: Vape . . 6 August 2017.
  49. Book: Ernest Small . Cannabis: A Complete Guide . 14 October 2016 . CRC Press . 978-1-315-35059-2 . 341–.
  50. Web site: Urban Dictionary for Pot? Ten Definitions From Ganjapreneur's Marijuana Slang Site . Roberts, Michael . 22 September 2014 . Westword.
  51. Booth, Martin (2004), Cannabis: A History, St. Martin's Press, p. 212.

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