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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]
The word marihuana used in the title of a 1936 drug exploitation film. The word entered English usage in the late 19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known appearance of a form of the word in English is in Hubert Howe Bancroft's 1873 The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America. [12]
A slang word meaning police informant. space cake A slang name for a cannabis edible. [56] spliff A slang word for cannabis cigarette. [1] [See joint.] stash Word used to describe a supply of cannabis. [24] stash box Any container used for concealing cannabis or valuables. [24] [See drug paraphernalia.] stoned
People in Puerto Rico love creating new slang so much that getting colloquialisms into the Diccionario Real de la Academia Espa–ola, or the Royal Spanish Academy's Dictionary, is practically a ...
Coming from the Spanish word "juzgado" which means court of justice, hoosegow was a term used around the turn of the last century to describe a place where drunks in the old west spent a lot of ...
Spanish, [15] from Greek "kánnabos" and Andalusi Romance "quinnam". [16] Originally, also poetically used to refer to objects made of hemp. [17] The dictionary definition of cáñamo at Wiktionary. canapa Italian; [18] an 1894 Italian botany study of the plant notes the word has the same etymology as the French "chanvre". [19]
Before its release, the Kinks performed "You Really Got Me" in some of their early concerts. [3] It was a crowd favourite, with Ray Davies later claiming to feel a connection with the crowd as he performed the song. [3] Ray later said, "Our success came from playing [the song] live. When we played 'You Really Got Me' people actually took notice.
Seedless cannabis (sin semilla) Seeded cannabis (con semilla)Cannabis sinsemilla (Spanish pronunciation: [sinseˈmiʝa]) also known as sensimilla, sinse or sensi (can be translated into English as seedless cannabis) is the female Cannabis plant that has not been pollinated and therefore does not develop seeds, increasing the concentration of cannabinoids and terpenes.