# "Cattle" Bud

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-bud/174557>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 11, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-bud/174557 "2003-05-11T22:24:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-bud/174557/1 "2003-05-11T22:24:38Z")

</div>

since “kine” means “cattle”, why is it used in reference to marijuana?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-bud/174557/2 "2003-05-12T00:38:00Z")

</div>

I never heard of this phrase. I did a search for “cattle bud” on google, and got exactly zero drug related results. Care to elaborate and tell us where you have heard/read the phrase?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-bud/174557/3 "2003-05-12T01:26:55Z")

</div>

Are you sure your stoned ears aren’t mishearing “kind” bud?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-bud/174557/4 "2003-05-12T04:12:37Z")

</div>

I suspect that the name comes from Hawaiian pidgin. “Da kine” is a phrase in Hawaiian pidgin with a vague meaning but in common use.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-bud/174557/5 "2003-05-12T04:12:39Z")

</div>

While **Sue** probably has it correct, there are various message board discussions that attribute it to Hawaiian, _da kine_ pronounced \<duh-KYNE\>. Supposedly means good, etc.