# What do you call marijuana?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 30, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865 "2020-11-30T23:26:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/41 "2020-12-01T04:15:29Z")
The definitive compendium…
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZmb92MmRv8)
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### Author:  [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/42 "2020-12-01T05:13:48Z")
In high school and college, pot or “real estate” from the interpretation of a Simon and Garfunkel lyric a friend and I had.
Now, pot or marijuana. The latter only in more formal contexts. Not cannabis.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/43 "2020-12-01T05:39:27Z")
> [@elbows](#):
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> ‘Herb will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no herb!’
Readers of a certain generation will immediately recognize this as a slight mis-quote of the phrase from The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
[ ](https://lygsbtd.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/freak-bros.jpg)
[ ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dirFpZ4W828/TtvsYULizAI/AAAAAAAAEQk/nSnnf4JhRUQ/s400/frank01.gif)
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### Author:  [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/44 "2020-12-01T05:55:56Z")
I guess I say “weed” more often now, but “pot” was the preferred term in high school (late 90s-early aughts) and still doesn’t sound dated to me. “Grass,” “dope,” and “Mary Jane” sound boomer-ish to me, though.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/45 "2020-12-01T06:00:22Z")
> [@Acierocolotl](#):
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> “Fermented dogshit”.
You been smoking some [Labrador](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTTSLXwIjiQ), man?
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/46 "2020-12-01T06:13:39Z")
I call it my “herbal supplement”.
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### Author:  [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/47 "2020-12-01T06:19:22Z")
I’ve called it “pod” since reading Chester Himes’ “Pinktoes” (1965), where it appears passim. It seems to make more sense than “pot”.
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### Author:  [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/48 "2020-12-01T06:38:10Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Nowadays, it all smells like skunk and if you don’t have it in something sealed, the whole room will smell like it.
Tupperware and its competitors should be rated based on this. If you can’t smell it, the container is very well sealed.
To answer the question, weed, flower, then cannabis. Marijuana seems to be the formal term, especially when discussing legalities.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/49 "2020-12-01T07:21:31Z")
Through the 70s, and the bit of the 80s that I was regular user it was mostly _dope_.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/50 "2020-12-01T12:27:23Z")
I call it “medicine” just for the eye rolls I get from my gf. If my gf isn’t around, I call it my boo, ala Tom Waits.
> Well, he got Pharaoh on the 8 track
> You start smoking a little boo
> You thinking getting out of Chicago
> Was the best thing ever happened to you
> But he ain’t no good Samaritan
> He’ll make sure he’s reimbursed
> Lot more than twenty nine dollars and an alligator purse
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### Author:  [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/51 "2020-12-01T15:14:22Z")
Heard on a podcast:
“It’s only called Marijuana if it’s from the Marijuana region of France. Otherwise, it’s called Sparkling Oregano.”
We call it weed or pot. Our code for a smoke session is a Safety Meeting or " have to go turn the van around".
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/52 "2020-12-01T16:34:30Z")
When friends drop into the trees to smoke a joint while skiing, it’s referred to as “head wax” or “green wax”. I usually call it pot or weed interchangeably.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/53 "2020-12-01T16:58:22Z")
I’m 56 and an actual user of the stuff. It’s amusing how few people on The Straight Dope are familiar with the stuff in real life.
Anyway, I say weed or pot generically. I say flower if I am referring specifically to the buds as opposed to a vape pen.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/54 "2020-12-01T17:07:52Z")
> [@hajario](#):
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> I’m 56 and an actual user of the stuff. It’s amusing how few people on The Straight Dope are familiar with the stuff in real life.
It seems like most of the folks here are currently using or have used it. I’m not sure what you base that statement on.
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/55 "2020-12-01T17:15:07Z")
In Colorado its called money.
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### Author:  [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/56 "2020-12-01T17:38:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#):
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> > [@hajario](#):
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> > I’m 56 and an actual user of the stuff. It’s amusing how few people on The Straight Dope are familiar with the stuff in real life.
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> It seems like most of the folks here are currently using or have used it. I’m not sure what you base that statement on.
I concur.
**hajario** may have a bit of confirmation bias… I think a couple of posters specifically mentioned that they have never used pot (yeah, that’s my choice when I’m writing because it only has three letters) so that stays in one’s head.
My confirmation bias takes me the other direction: I’m surprised by how many ‘Dopers’ say they _do_ use it.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/57 "2020-12-01T17:50:53Z")
> [@markn\_1](#):
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> “Weed” was certainly in use when I was young (1960s-70s), but I tend to associate it more with the stoner culture. That is, people whose lives basically revolved around getting high called it “weed”. The more common term was “pot”.
When I think of “weed,” I think of Rob Schneider’s “You put your weed in there!” character from SNL.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOc6hXMDhc)
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### Author:  [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/58 "2020-12-01T18:24:30Z")
Surprised no one has mentioned _that sweet sweet cheeba_ yet
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### Author:  [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/59 "2020-12-01T18:31:56Z")
I like sparkling oregano. 🙂 Thanks for sharing that **Jumpbass**!
I have a friend named Mary Jane who got teased by idiots through her whole life. Finally, she’d had enough and decided to officially change her name. I suggested changing it to Ganja. (Hey, I didn’t say I’m _not_ an idiot.)
Or, what about Crystal? Maybe you like two part names though, so maybe Crystal Beth?
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/60 "2020-12-01T19:13:29Z")
> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Readers of a certain generation will immediately recognize this as a slight mis-quote of the phrase from The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Around 1975 a FFFB comic was the last time I ever saw grass called “the boo.”
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