List of slang names for cannabis
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More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the product (drug), herb or hashish, obtained from the cannabis plant.[1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.
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Slang names by continent and country
African slang names
Nigeria
North American slang names
United States
In the United States, 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.[3][4][5]
- 2 long[6]
- Ace[1]
- Airplane[1]
- Alfalfa[1]
- Alligator cigarette[1]
- Amnesia[1]
- Asparagus[1]
- Astro turf[7]
- Aunt Mary[1]
- Baby[1]
- Bag of bones[1]
- Bhang
- Blunt[1][6]
- Bobo[8]
- Boof[7]
- Broccoli[6]
- Bud[1][6]
- Cabbage[1]
- Cali-weed
- Cannon[6]
- Catnip[1]
- Christmas tree[1]
- Chronic[1]
- Climb[1]
- Collie[9]
- Dagga
- Da kine[1]
- Dak[1]
- Dank[1]
- Devil's lettuce[10]
- Doña Juanita ("Lady Jane" in Spanish)[1]
- Doobie[1][6]
- Dope
- Endo[6]
- Exotic[11]
- Fatty[6]
- Fir[7]
- Fire[12]
- Flower[6]
- Ganja[1][6]
- Gas[12]
- Good giggles[1]
- Grass[1][6]
- Green[1]
- Green goddess[1]
- Griffa[7]
- Grifo[13]
- Hashish[1]
- Herb[1]
- Holy weed[14]
- Houdini[1]
- Jazz cigarette[15]
- Joint
- KGB ("killer green bud")[7]
- Kush
- L pape[6]
- Left-handed cigarette[6]
- Loud[12]
- Magic Grass[6]
- Magic dragon[6]
- Magical brownie[16]
- Mary Jane[6]
- Maui-wowie[7]
- Mota[17]
- Muggle[1]
- Nixon[1]
- Pakalolo (Hawaiian for "crazy tobacco")[18]
- Pinner[6]
- Pot[1][6]
- Polen
- Puff
- Purple Haze[19]
- Rainy day woman[1]
- Reefer[1]
- Roach[6]
- Rudolf Red Eyes[1]
- Sinsemilla
- Skunk[19]
- Spliff[6]
- Square grouper[20]
- Stash[21]
- Sticky icky
- Stogie[1]
- Tea[22]
- Thirteen[1]
- Trees[5][23]
- Wisdom weed[14]
- Weed[1][4]
- Yart[24]
- Zaza (sometimes shortened as "Za")[25]
Slang names for cannabis identified by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration
Whether all of these terms are slang names, or just some, is disputed by some scholars, including writers at The Boston Globe and Reason Magazine.[10][26] Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include:[27]
- Alfombra
- All-Star
- Almohada
- Arizona ashes
- AZ
- Barbara Jean
- Bareta
- Bash
- Biggy
- Black Maria
- Blue Crush
- Blue jeans
- Chistosa
- Cotorritos
- Dizz
- Escoba
- Gallina
- Gato
- Green paint
- Grenuda
- Guardada
- Lechuga
- Lemon-Lime
- Liamba
- Lime Pillows
- Mafafa
- Manteca
- Maracachafa
- Mariquita
- My Brother
- Narizona
- O-Boy
- Palm
- Platinum Jack
- Popcorn
- Shoes
- Shmagma
- Shora
- Shrimp
- Smoochy Woochy Poochy
- Tigitty
- Tila
- Tims
- Tosca
- Tristan kush
- Tweeds
- Valle
- Wooz
- Young Girls
- Zacate
Latin American slang names
Mexico
Latin America
Asian slang names
Indonesia
- Daun singkong (Indonesian for "cassava leaf")[33]
European slang names
France
Spain
Sweden
Slang names for cannabis by quality
Slang names for specific products
Cannabis cigarettes
- 2 long[6]
- Airplane[1]
- Alligator cigarette[1]
- Bifter, bifta[41]
- Bomber[39]
- Bone[39]
- Camberwell carrot[42]
- Cow[43][44]
- Cripple[39]
- Doink[45]
- Doobie[1][6]
- Fatty[6][39]
- Jazz cigarette[15]
- Joint
- L pape[6]
- Left-handed cigarette[6]
- Magic dragon[6]
- Number[39]
- Phatty[39]
- Pinner[6]
- Reefer[1]
- Roach[6]
- Spliff[6]
- Stogie[1]
- Tommy Chong[1]
- Yontson[citation needed]
- Zol[46]
