List of slang names for cannabis
More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use.[1]
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420, a slang name for cannabis, written on a train in New Jersey
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
Slang names for marijuana
Most slang names for cannabis date to the jazz era, when it was called Weed, Reefer, Gauge, Jive. Weed is a commonly used slang term for 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]
- Alice B. Toklas[6]
- Alligator cigarette[1]
- Aloe vera[1]
- Amnesia[1]
- Angola[6]
- Ashes[6]
- Asparagus[1]
- Astro turf[7]
- Atshitshi[6]
- Aunt Mary[1][6]
- Baby[1]
- Babysitter[6]
- Bag of bones[1]
- Bamba[6]
- Bambalacha[6]
- Bhang[6]
- Biggory[6]
- Black bart[6]
- Black gunion[6]
- Blaze[5]
- Blonde[6]
- Blue sage[6]
- Blunt[1][5][6]
- Bo[6]
- Bobo bush[6]
- Bomb[6]
- Boo[6]
- Boof[7]
- Boi[6]
- Boo boo bama[6]
- Boom[6]
- Broccoli[5]
- Bud[1][5][6]
- Burnie[6]
- Butter flower[6]
- Butter weed[6]
- Cabbage[1]
- Canamo[6]
- Canappa[6]
- Cannon[5]
- Catnip[1][6]
- Cest[6]
- Charge[6]
- Cheeba[6]
- Chira[6]
- Chinese[6]
- Christmas tree[1]
- Chronic[1][6]
- Churus[6]
- Citrol[6]
- Climb[1]
- Cochornis[6]
- Coliflor tostao (Spanish)[6]
- Collie[8]
- Crazy weed[6]
- Crying weed[6]
- Cryptonite[6]
- Culican[6]
- Dagga[6]
- Da kine[1]
- Dak[1]
- Dank[1]
- Dawamesk[6]
- Devil's lettuce[9]
- Dew[6]
- Diambista[6]
- Dimba[6]
- Ding[6]
- Dinkie dow[6]
- Djamba[6]
- Dody[6]
- Doña Juanita ("Lady Jane" in Spanish)[1]
- Doobie[1][5]
- Doog[6]
- Dope[6]
- Doradilla[6]
- Draw[6]
- Dyunk[6]
- El Gallo (Spanish for "Rooster")[6]
- Endo[5]
- Esra[6]
- Fatty[5]
- Feeling[6]
- Fine stuff[6]
- Fir[7]
- Flower[5]
- Food
- Fu[6]
- Gage or gauge[6]
- Ganja[1][5]
- Gash
- Gear [6]
- Ghana[6]
- G!bb[6]
- Gi boo boo bama
- God's herb
- Gold star[6]
- Golden[6]
- Gonj[6]
- Good giggles[1][6]
- Gorge[6]
- Grass[1][5]
- Grata[6]
- Green[1]
- Green goddess[1]
- Greta[6]
- Griffa[7]
- Grifo[10]
- Gunga[6]
- Gungeon[6]
- Ham[6]
- Hanhich[6]
- Happy cigarette[6]
- Hashish[1]
- Hay[6]
- Herb[1][6]
- Holy weed[11]
- Homegrown[6]
- Hooch[6]
- Houdini[1]
- Indian boy[6]
- Indian hemp[6]
- Instaga[6]
- Jan's lettuce[6]
- Jane[6]
- Jay[6]
- Jazz cabbage[6]
- Jazz cigarette[12]
- Jive[6]
- Joint[6]
- Jolly green[6]
- Joy smoke[6]
- Kalakit[6]
- Kaya[6]
- KGB ("killer green bud")[7]
- Kief[6]
- Kilter[6]
- Kind[6]
- Krippy[6]
- Kumba[6]
- Kush[6]
- L pape[5]
- Laughing grass[6]
- Left-handed cigarette[5]
- Lima[6]
- Llesca[6]
- Loaf[6]
- Lobo[6]
- Loco weed[6]
- Love weed[6]
- Loud[6]
- Macaroni[6]
- Machinery[6]
- Maconha[6]
- Magic dragon[5]
- Magic smoke[6]
- Magical brownie[13]
- Mary Jane[5]
- Maui-wowie[7]
- Meg[6]
- Mohasky[6]
- Mooster[6]
- Mota[14]
- MJ[6]
- Mr Green[6]
- Mu[6]
- Muggle[1]
- Nixon[1]
- Oregano
- Pakalolo (Hawaiian for "crazy tobacco")[15]
- Pinner[5]
- Pot[1][5][6]
- Pretendo[6]
- Rainy day woman[1]
- Rasta weed[6]
- Reefer[1][6]
- Reverend Green[6]
- Righteous bush[6]
- Roach[5]
- Root[6]
- Rope[6]
- Rose marie[6]
- Salad[6]
- Salt and pepper[6]
- Siddi[6]
- Sinsemilla[6]
- Sin Spinach[6]
- Skoomp[6]
- Skunk[5][6]
- Smoke[6]
- Space cake[16]
- Spliff[5]
- Stash[17]
- Sticky icky[6]
- Stink weed[6]
- Stogie[1]
- Tea[6]
- Taima[6]
- Takkouri[6]
- Tex-mex[6]
- Thirteen[1][6]
- Trauma[6]
- Trees[4][6][18]
- Unotque[6]
- Wheat[6]
- Wisdom weed[11]
- Whacky tabacky[6]
- Weed[1][3][6]
- Zambi[6]
- ZaZa
- Zoot
- Zol[6]
- Zoo-Wee-Mama[6]
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.[9][19] Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include:
- Alfombra[20]
- Nate Jahiel[20]
- All-Star[20]
- Almohada[20]
- Arizona ashes[20]
- AZ[20]
- Barbara Jean[20]
- Bareta[20]
- Bash[20]
- Biggy[20]
- Black Maria[20]
- Blue Crush[20]
- Blue jeans[20]
- Chistosa[20]
- Cotorritos[20]
- Dizz[20]
- Escoba[20]
- Gallina[20]
- Gato[20]
- Green paint[20]
- Grenuda[20]
- Guardada[20]
- Lechuga[20]
- Lemon-Lime[20]
- Liamba[20]
- Lime Pillows[20]
- Loud[20]
- Mafafa[20]
- Manteca[20]
- Maracachafa[20]
- Mariquita[20]
- My Brother[20]
- Narizona[20]
- O-Boy[20]
- Palm[20]
- Platinum Jack[20]
- Popcorn[20]
- Shoes[20]
- Shmagma[20]
- Shora[20]
- Shrimp[20]
- Smoochy Woochy Poochy[20]
- Tigitty[20]
- Tila[20]
- Tims[20]
- Tosca[20]
- Tristan kush[20]
- Tweeds[20]
- Valle[20]
- Wooz[20]
- Young Girls[20]
- Zacate[20]
- Prince Joshua [20]
Francosphere
Hispanosphere
- 420
- Césped
- Doña juana
- Ganja
- Hierba
- Joint
- Marihuana (and derivatives: maría, mariana, mari juana, marinola, maripepa, etc.)
- Orégano
- Pasto
- Yerba
- Yerbasanta
- Zacate[25]
Mexico
- Cucaracha
- Grifa
- Juanita
- Mafafa
- Mota
- Mostaza
- Shora[26]
Nigeria
Kaya, wee-wee, igbo, kush, oja, gbana, blau, kpoli and abana.[30]: 114
Slang names for good-quality cannabis
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Weed, a commonly used slang name for cannabis, written on a banner at a Yippie smoke-in in Ohio in 1978
- BC bud[6]
- Black gold[6]
- Bud[6]
- Buddha[6]
- Chiba chiba[6]
- Chronic[1]
- Citrol[6]
- Colas[6]
- Dank[1]
- Fine stuff[6]
- Flower tops[6]
- Ganja[6]
- Gas[6]
- Golden leaf[6]
- Good stuff[6]
- Hydro[6][32]
- Kief[6]
- Killer green bud (KGB)[6]
- Kind bud[6]
- Loud
- Nug[32]
- Primo[6]
- Righteous bush[6]
- Sinsemilla[6]
- Sup herb bowl[6]
- Thai sticks[6]
- White-haired lady[6]
- Za Za[6]
- 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓=𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚
Slang names for poor-quality cannabis
Slang names for a cannabis cigarette
- 2 long[5]
- Airplane[1]
- Alligator cigarette[1]
- Bifter, bifta[34]
- Blunt[1][5][6]
- Bomber[32]
- Bone[6][32]
- Camberwell carrot[35]
- Cow[36][37]
- Cripple[6][32]
- Dart
- Doobie[1][5]
- Earth[6]
- Fatty[5][6][32]
- Gasper[6]
- Goof butt[6]
- Gorilla finger
- Happy cigarette[6]
- Hot stick[6]
- J or Jay[6]
- Jazz cigarette[12]
- Joint[6]
- Joy stick[6]
- L pape[5]
- Left-handed cigarette[5]
- Log[6]
- Magic dragon[5]
- Megg[6]
- Number[6][32]
- Panatella[6]
- Phatty[32]
- Pinner[5]
- Pocket rocket[6]
- Reefer[1][6]
- Roach[5][6]
- Spliff[5][6]
- Stogie[1]
- Stick
- Tommy Chong[1]
- Torpedo[6]
- Twist[6]
- Weed Bunts[6]
- Zoot[6]
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
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