More than 1,200 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)
editSlang names for marijuana
editMost 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]
- 2 long[5]
- 420[1]
- Ace[1]
- Airplane[1]
- Alfalfa[1]
- Alligator cigarette[1]
- Amnesia[1]
- Asparagus[1]
- Astro turf[6]
- Aunt Mary[1][7]
- Baby[1]
- Bag of bones[1]
- Bhang
- Blunt[1][5][7]
- Bobo[8]
- Boof[6]
- Broccoli[5]
- Bud[1][5]
- Cabbage[1]
- Cannon[5]
- Catnip[1]
- Christmas tree[1]
- Chronic[1][7]
- Climb[1]
- Collie[9]
- Dagga
- Da kine[1]
- Dak[1]
- Dank[1][7]
- Devil's lettuce[10]
- Doña Juanita ("Lady Jane" in Spanish)[1]
- Doobie[1][5][7]
- Endo[5]
- Exotic[11]
- Fatty[5][7]
- Fir[6]
- Fire[12]
- Flower[5][7]
- Ganja[1][5][7]
- Gas[12]
- Good giggles[1][7]
- Grass[1][5][7]
- Green[1]
- Green goddess[1]
- Griffa[6]
- Grifo[13]
- Hashish[1]
- Herb[1][7]
- Holy weed[14]
- Houdini[1]
- Jazz cigarette[15]
- Joint[7]
- KGB ("killer green bud")[6]
- Kush[7]
- L pape[5]
- Left-handed cigarette[5]
- Loud[12]
- Magic Grass[5]
- Magic dragon[5]
- Magical brownie[16]
- Mary Jane[5][7]
- Maui-wowie[6]
- Mota[17]
- Muggle[1]
- Nixon[1]
- Pakalolo (Hawaiian for "crazy tobacco")[18]
- Pinner[5]
- Pot[1][5][7]
- Polen
- Purple Haze[19]
- Rainy day woman[1]
- Reefer[1][7]
- Roach[5]
- Sinsemilla
- Skunk[19]
- Space cake[20]
- Spliff[5]
- Square grouper[21]
- Stash[22][7]
- Sticky icky[7]
- Stogie[1]
- Tea[23]
- Thirteen[1]
- Trees[4][24]
- Wisdom weed[14]
- Weed[1][3][7]
- Zaza[25]
Slang names for cannabis identified by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration
editWhether all of these terms are slang names is disputed by some scholars, including writers at The Boston Globe and Reason Magazine.[10][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]
- Alfombra
- All-Star
- Almohada
- Arizona ashes
- AZ
- Barbara Jean
- Bareta
- Bash
- Biggy
- Black Maria
- Blue Crush
- Blue jeans
- Chistosa
- Cotorritos
- Dizz
- Escoba
- Gallina
- Gato
- Green paint
- Grenuda
- Guardada
- Lechuga
- Lemon-Lime
- Liamba
- Lime Pillows
- Mafafa
- Manteca
- Maracachafa
- Mariquita
- My Brother
- Narizona
- O-Boy
- Palm
- Platinum Jack
- Popcorn
- Shoes
- Shmagma
- Shora
- Shrimp
- Smoochy Woochy Poochy
- Tigitty
- Tila
- Tims
- Tosca
- Tristan kush
- Tweeds
- Valle
- Wooz
- Young Girls
- Zacate
Regional slang names
editFrancosphere
edit- Beuh[28]
- Chichon[29]
- Ganja[29]
- Herbe[29]
- Kif[29]
- Marie-Jeanne[30]
- Shit[29]
- Taga[29]
- Teush[29]
- Washmeuh[31]
- Weed[29]
Hispanosphere
edit- 420[32]
- Césped[32]
- Doña juana[32]
- Ganja[32]
- Hierba[32]
- Joint[32]
- Marihuana (and derivatives: maría, mariana, mari juana, marinola, maripepa, etc.)[32]
- Orégano[32]
- Pasto[32]
- Yerbasanta[32]
- Zacate[32]
- Ganja[33][34]
- Grifa[33][34]
- María[33][34]
- Yerba[33][34]
- Cucaracha[35]
- Grifa[35]
- Juanita[35]
- Mafafa[35]
- Mota[35]
- Mostaza[35]
- Shora[35]
Elsewhere
editNigeria
editSweden
editFlower/fruit
editHash
editIndonesia
editLeaf
edit- Daun singkong (Indonesian for "cassava leaf")[39]
Slang names for good-quality cannabis
editSlang names for poor-quality cannabis
editSlang names for a cannabis cigarette
editSlang names for a package or a specific amount of cannabis
editSlang names for consuming cannabis
editSlang names for cannabis' effects
editSlang names for a person who consumes cannabis
editSee also
editReferences
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- ^ "Barrington Levy – Collie Weed".
- ^ a b Davis, Zuri (10 July 2018). "The DEA's List of Cannabis Slang Is Predictably Hilarious: Does anyone actually call weed "shoe"?". Reason Magazine.
- ^ Rogers, Carl (2024-06-24). "Exotic Weed". Moose Labs. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
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- ^ John Charles Chasteen (9 February 2016). Getting High: Marijuana through the Ages. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-1-4422-5470-1.
- ^ a b Coertzen, Pieter; Green, M Christiaan; Hansen, Len, eds. (2015). Law and Religion in Africa: The quest for the common good in pluralistic societies. African Sun Media. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-919985-63-3.
- ^ a b https://dopemagazine.com/reefer-man-jazz-cigarette/#:~:text=Everyone's%20heard%20the%20term%20%E2%80%9Cjazz,its%20actual%20meaning%3A%20a%20joint Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. [bare URL]
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- ^ Tom Dalzell (25 July 2008). The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. p. 673. ISBN 978-1-134-19478-0.
- ^ Thomas Kemper Hitch; Robert M. Kamins (1992). Islands in Transition: The Past, Present, and Future of Haiwaii's Economy. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 225–. ISBN 978-0-8248-1498-4.
- ^ a b Street or Slang Names for Drugs (Report). Snohomish County Health Department. 2019-05-09. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ Colella, Kristin (February 6, 2014). "Cooking With Cannabis: 8 Delicious Marijuana Recipes". TheStreet.com.
- ^ Victor, Terry; Dalzell, Tom (2007). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. p. 614. ISBN 978-1134615346.
- ^ Wright, Julia (6 May 2016). "Bye Bye, Baggie: 5 Elegant Storage Boxes For Your Stash". Civilized. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ MacKinnon, Malcolm (2017-12-19). "Where All Those Marijuana Slang Terms Came From". The Fresh Toast. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Stoned, I.M. (2014). Dope: The 200 Most Awesome Things About Weed. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781440586231.
- ^ Coltin, Jeff; Ngo, Emily; Reisman, Nick (2024-03-14). "Goodbye, Zaza Waza". Politico. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
Zaza is slang for top-tier weed
- ^ Reiss, Jaclyn (10 July 2018). "The DEA just put out a new list of slang terms for marijuana, and some of them are pretty hilarious". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Slang Terms and Code Words: A Reference for Law Enforcement Personnel (PDF) (Report). Drug Enforcement Agency. July 2018. p. 6. DEA-HOU-DIR-022-18. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Martin; Christophe Lamfalussy (18 January 2017). Grasset (ed.). Molenbeek-sur-djihad (document) (in French). Grasset. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-2-246-86277-2.
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- ^ "Daun Singkong Dikira Ganja, Ini Jadinya" (in Indonesian). Liputan6. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar Marin, Cheech; Chong, Tommy (2013). Cheech & Chong's Almost Legal Book for Stoners. Running Press. pp. 166–170. ISBN 9780762449873.
- ^ "Schwag". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "BIFTER | Meaning & Definition for UK English". Lexico.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (31 October 2007). Vice Slang. Routledge. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-1-134-19484-1.
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External links
editThe dictionary definition of Appendix:Cannabis slang at Wiktionary