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submitted 1 year ago by bizzle@lemmy.world to c/trees@lemmy.world

I always call it pot, which I understand outs me as an old person. But there are so many names for chronic, all over the world. What is your favorite?

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[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago
[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Jazz cabbage or the Devil’s lettuce

[-] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Devil's lettuce, Mary Jane and "marahuana" (in the Hank Hill voice) are probably my favorites that immediately come to mind

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

sticky icky in hank hill voice is pretty fun

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I try to avoid terms that demonize or leads to alluding to war on drugs.

So the only correct term, is cannabis.

I don’t call my kids or my adhd meds meth, speed, amphetamines, etc. so I refuse to acknowledge the same for this medicine.

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I respect that. What about "traditional" names like ganja?

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago
[-] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I absolutely abhor tobacco way too much to use that.

Also the first time I actually heard it used was that country song, so I hate it even more on top of that.

Although I do respect that outside that context it is kinda funny. But not my choice.

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I used to call it kale for a while

[-] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

In french, the most common name is probably "beu" which is a contraction of "beuher" which is verlan (a type of slang where you reverse the word) for "herbe".

This was distorted in a movie to "beuze" , which was then given the verlan treatment again (this happens often) to "zeb", hence my personal favorite "zebuline". Mind you, that's not a common name that's a personal one I use often.

[-] Alpacalypse@crazypeople.online 5 points 1 year ago

Weed, herb, or pot. In order of frequency.

Occasionally the more fun names like devils lettuce and wacky tobacky haha

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Not sure of its origin, but it's been called Bubatz in Germany for a couple years now, so I sometimes, mostly jokingly, say Bubatz. My SO and I usually say Bubert because couples speak or Weedle like the Pokemon because 'weed'

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Herb or flower

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

We had Mama Cahuna for a while when I was little, has a fun ring to it imo.

[-] doopen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

Favorite word is a better question but in common speech I'll generally just say weed.

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago
[-] itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I like dope because of the ambiguity.

[-] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago
[-] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago
[-] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Kush is my most frequent, but jazz cabbage is probably my favorite

[-] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I mostly use cannabis, especially if I'm taking about cbd, cbn, cbg. Often weed if i mean thc.

[-] Zaraki42@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Pingu or "take a kayak."

[-] tamethecoach@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

when my wife or I asked each other if we want to go out for a smoke, we call it a "poof"

I dated somebody whose family used that as a synonym for farting. So thank you for taking it outside!

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Electric lettuce

[-] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Scott Green

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Oyu_Fka@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I call it grass, sometimes dope, lol! Showing my age, too 🙃!

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Jive Parsley & Cabbage

CBD.

Living in a prohibition state it helps make it sound legal.

[-] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

My brother and I use several terms interchangeably. Usually just weed, but medicine and flower, and sometimes herb get used a bit when we feel like changing it up.

Pretty boring selection most of the time.

Oh, almost forgot "stuff". Yeah we're kind of boring lol.

[-] Negative_Autonomy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Weed or cabbage.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Probably jazz cabbage or the Devil's lettuce.

[-] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
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