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Help[Opinions] Re: Thanks all, that's what I figured
in reply to a message by Serafina Starstrider
I recently asked members of the pot-smoking circle I frequent their least favorite term for marijuana. The agreed-upon answer was "marijuana," because it just sounds so stilted. We usually call it pot or weed. I never hear grass, mary jane, or dope. We also agreed to try to think of a new nickname for it, just for fun. By then almost everyone had lost interest, but the single person who was still interested and I came up with "Daisy," which I kind of like, but which staunchly won't catch on.
Anyway, I kind of like "weed" for marijuana, sort of for the reasons S.S. doesn't like calling plants "weeds" in the first case. Weeds, it seems, are unfairly and arbitrarily marginalized/hated plants. I'd say marijuana is pretty unfairly marginalized. It's like the "weed" of...society...... get it?? did i just blow ur mind????? No, anyway, point is, I think weed is a nicely poetic term for pot because it's a simile in itself and it kind of reclaims marginalization.
Anyway, I kind of like "weed" for marijuana, sort of for the reasons S.S. doesn't like calling plants "weeds" in the first case. Weeds, it seems, are unfairly and arbitrarily marginalized/hated plants. I'd say marijuana is pretty unfairly marginalized. It's like the "weed" of...society...... get it?? did i just blow ur mind????? No, anyway, point is, I think weed is a nicely poetic term for pot because it's a simile in itself and it kind of reclaims marginalization.
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That's interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I figured most people who smoke marijuana probably prefer calling it weed.
I think I would feel more okay calling it weed or other terms if I actually used it.
I do on occasion say weed or mary jane but as I said I usually call it marijuana.
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I figured most people who smoke marijuana probably prefer calling it weed.
I think I would feel more okay calling it weed or other terms if I actually used it.
I do on occasion say weed or mary jane but as I said I usually call it marijuana.
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This message was edited 5/5/2012, 7:16 PM
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Maybe people who don't smoke it all feel silly using any of the slang terms for it. I don't smoke it, and I always feel slightly silly using any term for it other than marijuana. If I do use any other term for it, it's pot. That's what I heard most as a teenager.
I was certainly ridiculed the one time I used the term "marijuana cigarette" instead of "joint."
The biggest pothead I know prefers to call it reefer.
I was certainly ridiculed the one time I used the term "marijuana cigarette" instead of "joint."
The biggest pothead I know prefers to call it reefer.
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I don't smoke anything and I have no problem referring to it as weed... Then again, I spent my teen and college years in a province that's famous/infamous (depending on whose perspective you look at it from) for the stuff. While, aside for special medical situations, I wouldn't promote it, I recognize the plant itself has other useful purposes.
All that said, I think I tend to use the term pot more than weed... Some people talk about "BC Bud".
All that said, I think I tend to use the term pot more than weed... Some people talk about "BC Bud".
This message was edited 5/6/2012, 6:47 AM
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I forgot about the term pot. Actually I use the term pot more than weed or mary jane. I'm not certain if I say pot or marijuana more often. I probably use those terms about equally. I actually feel a little bit silly that I forgot about the slang term pot. :P
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