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.
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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]
- 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
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
Francosphere
- Beuh[25]
- Chichon[26]
- Ganja[26]
- Herbe[26]
- Kif[26]
- Marie-Jeanne[27]
- Shit[26]
- Taga[26]
- Teush[26]
- Washmeuh[28]
- Weed[26]
Hispanosphere
- 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
Nigeria
Sweden
Flower/fruit
Hash
Indonesia
Leaf
- Daun singkong (Indonesian for "cassava leaf")[36]
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
References
External links
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