Leafly’s dictionary of weed slang

Here at Leafly, we value data and scientific research. Of course, we also appreciate the ever-evolving cannabis culture.

After a while, you start to recognize a specific jargon used by weed smokers, breeders, and enthusiasts alike. It’s the same words many of us have used session after session and bud after bud.

Whether you’re hanging out with other 420-friendly people or just trying to sound less like a complete noob, our dictionary of weed slang is here to take you deeper into the world of weed, in the language we all love connect to.

nicknames

Words we use to describe or identify weed

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Your parents probably smoked grass, dopeor ganja. Before them, their parents likely heard about the threat reefer or the devil weed.

Today people smoke gas, zazaand noisy. But there are many other nicknames we use to describe buds. Out of fuego to boofhere are some of the most prominent names for weed in pop culture and cannabis conversation.

Good

chronic

thanks

electric salad

Endo

exotic

Fire

fuego

ganja

gas

grass

herb

Jazz cabbage

kind

noisy

mary jane

purposes

sticky gross

tree

zaza

Neutral

carpetweed

creeper

middle (plural)

small

ouid

Pot

Poorly

Damn

boof

dig up weeds

reggie

schwa

reefer

middle (singular)

measurements

Slang terms for amounts of weed

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Most slang terms for weed quantities refer to illegal sales, and unfortunately many of these terms have fallen by the wayside in the legal market.

As you walk into a well-lit, immaculate dispensary, you’ll likely hear the budtender asking if you want a gram or an eighth of the bud; not as much dub sacks, zippersor you ole King Henry VIII. And long gone are the days of dime bags and lid (which we are yet to find out).

• dime bag — Worth ½ gram or $10 (really, who buys that bit of weed these days?)
• Dubsack or G – Worth 1 gram or $20 depending on your city and flower quality
• Eighth or Henry VIII — 3.5 grams or ⅛ ounce
• Quarter or QP — 7 grams or ¼ ounce
• Zip or OZ (“oh-zee”) — 1 ounce or 28 grams
• lid — The history of the lid appears to be the amount that fits on a lid of a particular type of snuff box, but the actual amount seems to vary. Many claim it’s an ounce, but most describe it as “worth four fingers” in a time when scales weren’t so common.

consumption

Slang terms for the weed we consume and how we consume it

There are tons of terms to use when it comes to smoking and different types of smokeable cannabis. Here are some of our favourites:

• cracker — a kind of nail for dabbing
• Batty – a one hitter
• binger — Bong loads
• doink – a big joint
• dog walker — a short joint; the short time to smoke should be as long as walking a dog
• pearl — Perfectly rolled joint or blunt
• Percy or grab — personal bowl or bowl for one person
• rest in peace– the action of taking a deep hit from a bong or vape
• roach — the end of a joint or blunt (looks like a cockroach)
• salad bowl — a bowl with a mixture of different varieties
• split ends — a joint with tobacco

Also, when passing a joint, be careful not to do so Bogart it, or hold it too long. Always remember to puff, puff, pass. Perhaps another terrible practice in times of the coronavirus? Baptizing your joint or blunt. Baptism means licking the whole thing to increase the burn time.

lifestyle

Slang terms for living with weed in it

Life as a weed lover opens you up to new experiences, feelings and people. Here are a few terms you should know so you can continue navigating the weed world.

• faded — the condition of being under the influence of alcohol and weed
• plug – someone you can get weed from who doesn’t work in a dispensary
• High again — to fill up his personal weed stash

Colloquial terms we had never heard of

Narc headquarters

There were many slang terms for weed that we didn’t even know. It turns out that the DEA actually has their own list of code words for weed and other drugs too. Some of these made us laugh out loud, and some seem to be terms people use in everyday conversations unrelated to weed.

• alfalfa
• bazooka
• catnip
• hairy
• mow the lawn
• My brother
• Queen Anne lace
• Pink panther
• shoes

Aside from the DEA, we found many other terms on other sites that none of us at Leafly had ever heard of. Here are some of our favorites from TIME magazine’s not-so-distant past:

• ace
• airplane
• asparagus
• infant
• climb
• houdini
• nixon
• thirteen

In these cases one has to ask oneself: Are these terms really used or were they just misinterpreted?

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Janessa Bailey and Pat Goggins

Born and raised in the Midwest, Janessa Bailey serves as the culture editor at Leafly. She enjoys exploring the many ways weed can be incorporated into everyday life and rarely turns down an edible.

Pat Goggins is a senior content editor at Leafly, specializing in cannabis cultivation after working for a commercial grower in Oregon. When you’re not correcting typos, chances are you’ll find him on a boat or in the mountains.

Check out the articles by Janessa Bailey and Pat Goggins

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