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)[edit]
Slang names for marijuana[edit]
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]
- 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]
- Fatty[5][7]
- Fir[6]
- Flower[5][7]
- Ganja[1][5][7]
- Good giggles[1][7]
- Grass[1][5][7]
- Green[1]
- Green goddess[1]
- Griffa[6]
- Grifo[11]
- Hashish[1]
- Herb[1][7]
- Holy weed[12]
- Houdini[1]
- Jazz cigarette[13]
- Joint[7]
- KGB ("killer green bud")[6]
- Kush[7]
- L pape[5]
- Left-handed cigarette[5]
- Magic dragon[5]
- Magical brownie[14]
- Mary Jane[5][7]
- Maui-wowie[6]
- Mota[15]
- Muggle[1]
- Nixon[1]
- Pakalolo (Hawaiian for "crazy tobacco")[16]
- Pinner[5]
- Pot[1][5][7]
- Polen
- Rainy day woman[1]
- Reefer[1][7]
- Roach[5]
- Sinsemilla
- Space cake[17]
- Spliff[5]
- Square grouper[18]
- Stash[19][7]
- Sticky icky[7]
- Stogie[1]
- Tea[20]
- Thirteen[1]
- Trees[4][21]
- Wisdom weed[12]
- Weed[1][3][7]
- Zaza[22]
Slang names for cannabis identified by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration[edit]
Whether all of these terms are slang names is disputed by some scholars, including writers at The Boston Globe and Reason Magazine.[10][23] Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include:
- Alfombra[24]
- All-Star[24]
- Almohada[24]
- Arizona ashes[24]
- AZ[24]
- Barbara Jean[24]
- Bareta[24]
- Bash[24]
- Biggy[24]
- Black Maria[24]
- Blue Crush[24]
- Blue jeans[24]
- Chistosa[24]
- Cotorritos[24]
- Dizz[24]
- Escoba[24]
- Gallina[24]
- Gato[24]
- Green paint[24]
- Grenuda[24]
- Guardada[24]
- Lechuga[24]
- Lemon-Lime[24]
- Liamba[24]
- Lime Pillows[24]
- Loud[24]
- Mafafa[24]
- Manteca[24]
- Maracachafa[24]
- Mariquita[24]
- My Brother[24]
- Narizona[24]
- O-Boy[24]
- Palm[24]
- Platinum Jack[24]
- Popcorn[24]
- Shoes[24]
- Shmagma[24]
- Shora[24]
- Shrimp[24]
- Smoochy Woochy Poochy[24]
- Tigitty[24]
- Tila[24]
- Tims[24]
- Tosca[24]
- Tristan kush[24]
- Tweeds[24]
- Valle[24]
- Wooz[24]
- Young Girls[24]
- Zacate[24]
Regional slang names[edit]
Francosphere[edit]
- Beuh[25]
- Chichon[26]
- Ganja[26]
- Herbe[26]
- Kif[26]
- Marie-Jeanne[27]
- Shit[26]
- Taga[26]
- Teush[26]
- Washmeuh[28]
- Weed[26]
Hispanosphere[edit]
- 420[29]
- Césped[29]
- Doña juana[29]
- Ganja[29]
- Hierba[29]
- Joint[29]
- Marihuana (and derivatives: maría, mariana, mari juana, marinola, maripepa, etc.)[29]
- Orégano[29]
- Pasto[29]
- Yerbasanta[29]
- Zacate[29]
- Ganja[30][31]
- Grifa[30][31]
- María[30][31]
- Yerba[30][31]
- Cucaracha[32]
- Grifa[32]
- Juanita[32]
- Mafafa[32]
- Mota[32]
- Mostaza[32]
- Shora[32]
Elsewhere[edit]
Nigeria[edit]
Sweden[edit]
Flower/fruit[edit]
Hash[edit]
Indonesia[edit]
Leaf[edit]
- Daun singkong (Indonesian for "cassava leaf")[36]
Slang names for good-quality cannabis[edit]
- Chronic[1]
- Dank[1]
- Ganja[7]
- Hydro[37]
- Nug[37]
- Sinsemilla
- Sup Herb Bowl
Slang names for poor-quality cannabis[edit]
Slang names for a cannabis cigarette[edit]
Slang names for a package or a specific amount of cannabis[edit]
Slang names for consuming cannabis[edit]
Slang names for cannabis' effects[edit]
Slang names for a person who consumes cannabis[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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