# 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:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/81 "2020-12-02T14:04:15Z")
Never heard that. If I ever smoked something like that, I’d call it a Camberwell Carrot, of course.
In terms of local delivery mechanisms:
a joint would be a _zol_ or just “a joint”, and was the method of choice for most middle/upper folks in my student days. Although I’m given to understand the kids use vapes and head-shop blown-glass hardware nowadays…
But the usual local street method is still the “pipe”, which is a glass bottleneck. For a lot of addicts, the dagga is mixed with crushed “buttons” (Mandrax pills - Quaaludes) and called a “white pipe”, otherwise it’s just a pipe.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/82 "2020-12-02T14:07:25Z")
> [@Alessan](#):
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> Here it’s mostly **Hashish** , or sometimes **Kef**.
While they all come from the same thing, hash, kief and pot all have different uses. To me, it seems what you are suggesting is equivalent to calling pork chops bacon.
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### Author:  [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/83 "2020-12-02T14:19:21Z")
I call it that stuff that stinks.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/84 "2020-12-02T14:33:22Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> While they all come from the same thing, hash, kief and pot all have different uses. To me, it seems what you are suggesting is equivalent to calling pork chops bacon.
Bear in mind that Israeli Hebrew adapted the words from spoken Arabic; some of the subtleties may have been lost in the process. Also, “kef” is the Hebrew word for “fun”, making it a useful euphemism.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/85 "2020-12-02T18:30:09Z")
I used to try to be snobby and called it by its strain, but I’ve forgotten all their names except for “kush.” So, I always call it “kush” no matter what the strain.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/86 "2020-12-02T19:27:49Z")
Nice surprise: U.N. Commission Removes Cannabis From Its Most Strict Drug Control List
> **[U.N. Commission Removes Cannabis From Its Most Strict Drug Control List](https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/941283185/u-n-commission-removes-cannabis-from-its-most-strict-drug-control-list)**
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> The vote follows World Health Organization guidance saying that due to cannabis' therapeutic use and other factors, it "is not consistent with the criteria" for a Schedule IV drug.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/87 "2020-12-02T19:55:22Z")
I’m 45 and I call it weed.
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### Author:  [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/88 "2020-12-02T21:19:26Z")
I believe the young hepcats around here refer to it as wacky baccy, while the rest of us refer to it as the killer drug that is a gateway for even worse drugs and unspeakable vices.
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/89 "2020-12-02T23:13:10Z")
The Fugs, on _It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest,_ turned the terminology into a mock religious ceremony.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St733RXSXpI)
Back when, I mostly called it pot, but over the phone it was smoke. I knew one dealer who also sold Amway products, so I’d call and say I wanted to buy some Amway detergent.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/90 "2020-12-02T23:50:58Z")
“Weed” around here, though I hear “pot” more than a lot of you, I think. I say “weed” but sometimes I’ll say “grass” 'cause I’m, like, old, man.
I also hear people not mention the drug at all, but rather the method of consumption. For instance, “I smoked a joint” or “I did a bong hit” or “I ate a gummy.”
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/91 "2020-12-03T01:25:46Z")
The terminology I remember most from the 60’s-70’s was:
(with moronic grin on face) “This is really good shit, man.”
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/92 "2020-12-03T17:58:10Z")
“Grass” to me sounds like 60s TV, like terminology Huggy Bear or the Mod Squad would use.
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/93 "2020-12-03T18:53:04Z")
In retrospect maybe, but in my world (I was 18 in 1968) it was one of the most common names.
By the way, this reminds me that calling it “Tea” in those days was outdated and made one sound like a late 50’s beatnik.
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/94 "2020-12-03T23:48:49Z")
I miss the old euphemisms:
Maui wowee
Acapulco gold
If you ever read an uncensored version of _1001 Nights_, you will see a lot of references to “banj”.
According to wiktionary, it is an Arabic or Indian term for hashish.
In the Arabian Nights stories, it fills the same role as chloroform in 1960s spy movies.
Apparently, none of the writers had any experience with the stuff.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/95 "2020-12-03T23:51:31Z")
> [@mbh](#):
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> Maui wowee
> Acapulco gold
I thought those were specific strains of marijuana that were suppose to be better than our locally grown stuff?
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/96 "2020-12-03T23:55:35Z")
The imported variety is always better than the local.
Another amusing meme in the Arabian Nights: If the story is set in Bagdad, the villain uses Turkish banj. If the story is set in Turkey, the villain uses Egyptian banj. If the story is set in Egypt, the villain uses Indian banj. No one ever admits to growing the stuff in their own country.
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/97 "2020-12-04T03:57:10Z")
> [@mbh](#):
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> The imported variety is always better than the local.
That reminds me of a Katt Williams show I attended once, I won’t link to the part, as it may offend some, but the basic message is that the batch that your dealer brings out is always marketed as better and stronger than the last; ad infinitum.
> [@mbh](#):
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> banj
Hmm, that might be the basis for the word “bubange” that I mentioned earlier. Boo-banjh is how they pronounce it.
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### Author:  [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/98 "2020-12-04T07:17:07Z")
I call it weed, pot or buds…
A very weird term I heard in Springfield IL was “Yankees” as in… got any Yankees bro?
I have also heard books, basil, herb and cactus.
It all means the same thing, marijuana. weed, dope.
ymmv
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### Author:  [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/99 "2020-12-04T16:25:55Z")
Mostly we just call it weed. But also the devil’s lettuce, pot, kgb, smoke, skunk, or by strain name, 0or type–bud/flower, shake/leaf, oil, wax, etc.
If being clandestine in text or phone, I need hobby supplies.
When referencing use, besides vaping or smoking, I might say I’m adjusting my attitude or doing magic. So we also call weed “magic” in my family.
Shitty pot is ditchweed or Nebraska no-high.
I’m enamored with sparkling oregano and will add that to the list.
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### Author:  [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865/100 "2020-12-05T00:45:40Z")
I call it pot but weed isn’t at all a new term. The “pot heads” used to call it weed all the time 50 + years ago.
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