List of slang names for cannabis


More than slang names have been identified for the product, herb or hashish, obtained from the cannabis plant. This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.

Slang names by continent and country

African slang names

Nigeria

  • Abana
  • Blau
  • Gbana
  • Igbo
  • Kaya
  • Kpoli
  • Kush
  • Oja
  • Wee-wee

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.

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. Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include:
  • 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

  • Marihuana or Marijuana
  • Zacate
  • Cucaracha
  • Juanita
  • Doña juana
  • Mota

Latin America

  • 420
  • Césped
  • Ganja
  • Hierba
  • Joint
  • Orégano
  • Pasto
  • Mafafa
  • Mostaza
  • Shora
  • Kan-jac

Asian slang names

Indonesia

  • Daun singkong

European slang names

France

  • Beuh
  • Chichon
  • Ganja
  • Herbe
  • Kif
  • Marie-Jeanne
  • Shit
  • Taga
  • Teush
  • Washmeuh
  • Weed

Spain

  • Grifa
  • Chocolate

Sweden

  • Flower/fruit
  • * Grälle
  • * Gräs
  • * Gröning
  • * Grönt
  • * Marre
  • * Maja
  • * Ört
  • Hash
  • * Böj
  • * Braj
  • * Brass
  • * Brownie
  • * Brunt
  • * Knatch, knätch
  • * Svart
  • * Zattla
  • * Zütt

Slang names for cannabis by quality

Good-quality cannabis

Poor-quality cannabis

Slang names for specific products

Cannabis cigarettes

  • 2 long
  • Airplane
  • Alligator cigarette
  • Bifter, bifta
  • Bomber
  • Bone
  • Camberwell carrot
  • Cow
  • Cripple
  • Doink
  • Doobie
  • Fatty
  • Jazz cigarette
  • Joint
  • L pape
  • Left-handed cigarette
  • Magic dragon
  • Number
  • Phatty
  • Pinner
  • Reefer
  • Roach
  • Spliff
  • Stogie
  • Tommy Chong
  • Yontson
  • Zol

Package or a specific amount of cannabis

  • 40 Sack
  • Dime bag
  • Dollar
  • Dub
  • Eight ball
  • Eighth
  • Elbow
  • Lid
  • Nickel bag
  • OZ
  • Q
  • QP
  • Quarter
  • Stash
  • Bow
  • Zip

Slang names for consuming cannabis

Slang names for cannabis' effects

  • Buzz
  • Baked
  • Cottonmouth
  • Couch-lock
  • Faded
  • Fried
  • High
  • Lit up
  • Mashed
  • Munchies
  • Nature's holiday
  • Roasted
  • Stoned
  • Toasted
  • Tripping balls
  • Wasted
  • Zooted

Slang names for a person who consumes cannabis

  • Burnout
  • Connoisseur
  • Ent
  • Gardener
  • Hippie
  • Pothead
  • Stoner
  • Tea head
  • Viper
  • Beekeeper