If you’re reading this, you’ve probably lived in California or Michigan for a while, or know a thing or two about weed. Regardless, if you’ve been out and about with stoner-friends alike, you may have picked up on certain slang words for weed used by smokers, growers, delivery drivers and enthusiasts alike. For some of you, these slag words heard in passing may also be the same words you have used when posting up to sesh with the buds.
Whether you’re hanging out with your cannabis-loving friends, or trying to study up on slang terms for weed to fit in amongst the recreational California and Michigan markets, our slag words for weed dictionary blog is here to help you connect more deeply within the world of weed in the language we all love.
Nicknames for Weed
Growing up, you may have heard some tall tales of your parents probably smoking grass, dope, or ganja. Before them, their parents might have heard about the ‘menace of reefer’ or the ‘devil’s weed’ (sooooo scaryyyyyy)!
Today, people say they smoke gas, zaza, and loud. This being said, there are still plenty of other nicknames we use to describe bud. From fuego to boof, here are some of the most popular names for weed in pop culture and cannabis conversations:
Slang Words for Weed: Measurements
Most of the slang terms for amounts of weed tend to apply to the illegal sale of marijuana, and many of these terms have fallen by the wayside in the recreational legal market.
Walking into a well-lit, pristine dispensary, like our Eaze Dispensaries in California, you’ll likely hear the budtender ask if you want a gram or an eighth of flower; not so much dub sacks, zips, or ye ol’ King Henry VIII. And long gone are the days of saying dime bags and lids (which we’re stillllll trying to figure out):
- Dime bag — ½ gram or $10 worth (but really, who buys this little of weed?)
- Dub sack or g — 1 gram or $20 worth depending on your city and flower quality
- Eighth or Henry VIII — 3.5 grams or ⅛ ounce
- Quarter — 7 grams or ¼ ounce
- Zip or OZ (“oh-zee”) — 1 ounce or 28 grams
- Lid — The tale of the lid seems to be the amount of weed you could fit on a lid from a specific type of tobacco tin, but the actual amount seems to vary. Many claim it to be an ounce, but most describe it as “four fingers worth” in a time when scales weren’t that common.
Weed Slang Words for Consumption:
There are tons of slang terms to pass around at the smoke sesh and for different types of smokable cannabis. Here are some of our top terms:
- Banger — a type of nail for dabbing
- Batty — a one-hitter
- Doink — a big joint
- Dogwalker — a short joint; the short amount of time to smoke is supposed to be equivalent to taking a dog for a walk
- Pearl — perfectly rolled joint or blunt
- Snap — personal bowl or bowl for one person
- Pinner — a skinny joint that is thin like a sewing pin
- Rip — taking a deep inhale from a bong or vape
- Roach — the butt of a joint or a blunt (looks like a cockroach)
- Salad bowl — a bowl with a mix of different strains
- Spliff — a joint with tobacco
In addition to all the slang terms for weed above, here are a few that speak to cannabis malpractice:
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Bogart – When you hold on to a joint too long before passing it
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Baptizing – When you lick the entire blunt or joint to extends its burn time
We hope you learned a new slag term for weed today! If you knew them all, already, more power to you – keep puff puff passing the slang!