List of slang names for cannabis

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Pot, a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration in New York City Legalize Pot Rally Union Square 2012 Shankbone 2 (7001222978).jpg
Pot, a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration in New York City

More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the product (drug), herb or hashish, obtained from the cannabis plant. [1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.

Contents

Slang names by continent and country

African slang names

Nigeria

North American slang names

United States

In the United States, 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. [3] [4] [5]

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

Whether all of these terms are slang names, or just some, is disputed by some scholars, including writers at The Boston Globe and Reason Magazine . [11] [28] Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include: [29]

  • 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

Latin American slang names

Mexico

  • Marihuana or Marijuana (originally Mariguana; derivatives: maría, mariana, mari juana, marinola, maripepa, etc.) [30]
  • Zacate [30]
  • Cucaracha [31]
  • Juanita [31]
  • Doña juana [30]
  • Mota [31]

Latin America

Asian slang names

Indonesia

  • Daun singkong (Indonesian for "cassava leaf") [35]

European slang names

France

Spain

Sweden

Slang names for cannabis by quality

Good-quality cannabis

Weed, a commonly used slang name for cannabis, written on a banner at a Yippie smoke-in in Ohio in 1978 Freetheweed.jpg
Weed, a commonly used slang name for cannabis, written on a banner at a Yippie smoke-in in Ohio in 1978

Poor-quality cannabis

Slang names for specific products

Cannabis cigarettes

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

References

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