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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]
Slang name for hash oil, a resin extracted from cannabis. [2] [See cannabis edibles and extracts.] dabbing A slang term for smoking or vape-ing hash oil, or "dabs", extracted from cannabis. [2] [See cannabis consumption.] dab rig Water pipe device for vaporizing hash oil. [21] [See drug paraphernalia.] dagga
Marijuana, or marihuana, is a name for the cannabis plant, and more specifically, a drug preparation from it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] "Marijuana" as a term varies in usage, definition and legal application around the world. [ 4 ]
Má, a Chinese name for hemp, predates written history and has been used to describe medical marijuana since at least 2700 BCE. It is the earliest recorded name. [48] [49] Hemp is recorded in the Book of Documents. [5] [26] Ma-kaña Bantu. [50] Maconha Portuguese. [51] Marijuana: Americanized Mexican Spanish.
Raphael Mechoulam and co-workers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggest an alternative etymology for cannabis: Greek cannabis < Arabic kunnab < Syriac qunnappa < Hebrew pannag (= bhanga in Sanskrit and bang in Persian). They explain that in Hebrew, only the consonants form the basis of a word and the letters p and b are frequently ...
So, let me–a Zillenial–break down the 29 most important Gen Z slang terms for you to whip out at the next family gathering. And trust me, from simp to stan, these terms are anything but basic.
This year's high holiday will be extra trippy. April 20, known colloquially as 420 or a holiday for marijuana enthusiasts, falls on April 20, 2024, this year, or 4/20/2024, making it a palindrome ...
Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known by several slang terms, such as marijuana, pot or weed. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent .