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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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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Jazz cabbage or the Devil’s lettuce

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

sticky icky in hank hill voice is pretty fun

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] rbesfe 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] PerogiBoi 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to call it kale for a while

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

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

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months 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'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Herb or flower

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Zaraki42 3 points 2 months ago

Pingu or "take a kayak."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] tamethecoach 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I like dope because of the ambiguity.

[–] mysticpickle 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Nomecks 2 points 2 months ago

Electric lettuce

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

CBD.

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Jive Parsley & Cabbage

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Scott Green

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Pakalolo. I never actually call it that though because I'm not in Hawaii, and I doubt anyone outside of the state knows it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Probably jazz cabbage or the Devil's lettuce.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I usually call it "pot," but then multiple people said I sound like an old person, so now I don't know what I'm supposed to say. I guess I'll start calling it "dope."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah “pot” is the best term

— an old person

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Weed or cabbage.