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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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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 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 (1 children)

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

sticky icky in hank hill voice is pretty fun

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

[–] 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 (1 children)
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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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

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

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] 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'

[–] doopen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] 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.

I like dope because of the ambiguity.

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

Pingu or "take a kayak."

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago
[–] tamethecoach@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year 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"

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

[–] 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

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago
[–] 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.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

CBD.

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

[–] 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

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

Jive Parsley & 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
[–] Negative_Autonomy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Weed or cabbage.

[–] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months 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.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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."

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah “pot” is the best term

— an old person

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago