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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]
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.
United States "drug czar" Harry J. Anslinger visited Colorado in order to be present at Baca's sentencing. [41] [See prohibition.] mota Spanish slang word meaning cannabis. [42] munchies Increased appetite. [See effects of cannabis.]
Spanish fly isn’t just ineffective as an aphrodisiac — it’s also dangerous. So keep Spanish fly and other herbal aphrodisiacs at arm’s length. There’s just way too much at stake.
Cheli is a Spanish-language juvenile sociolect or jargon diatopically restricted to the Madrid area, [1] developed in the 1970s, [2] primarily associated to the post-Francoist counterculture. [3] It drew influence from the hampa and drug-dealing jargons, and it has been noted for Spanishizing Caló and English words as well as rescuing archaic ...
Peyote is a Spanish word derived from the Nahuatl peyōtl ([ˈpejoːt͡ɬ]), ... Concerned about the drug's psychoactive effects, between the 1880s and 1930s, ...
The word joint ultimately originated from French, where it is an adjective meaning 'joined' (past participle of the verb joindre), derived in turn from Latin iunctus, past participle of iungere ('join'/'bind'/'yoke'). By 1821, 'joint' had become an Anglo-Irish term for an annexe, or a side-room 'joined' to a main room.
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]