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So i was just curious and googled this... found one answer.. what do you guys think???
How did marijuana get the nickname 'pot'?
Tabby Tom
The Oxford English Dictionary and Cassell's Dictionary of Slang suggest that it comes from the Mexican Spanish 'potiguaya', meaning marijuana leaves.
Sep 05 02, 4:37 PM
I thought you grew it in a pot.
Maybe it has something to do with jackPOT :D
when i was younger, we always wondered bout that too lol,, but there was no google then HAHA:)) nice googling rv. lol
Are we easy amused or what.... lol
from spanish...potaa
very interesting answer. I like calling it weed myself.
I never like using the name MARIJUANA,it,s just a hispanic slang for CANNABIS.Plus people that still have problems with cannabis usually associate marijuana with negative feelings...
looks like it is from the term potiguaya but i like the jackPOT answer the best
good question have noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo idea lololol
around here the mexicans call it yesca I think
marijuana will be legalized
spanish potta!i think
Its not spanish......Mota is spanish. I call it medicine.:cool: You can call it Dank or Dirt if its from mexico.:D
What are the kids calling it today?
lol this turned out to be a more popular thread than i thought lolll
well,how did?
pot?cox,herrrrrr
lol you should have no problem talking about marijuana so by so
spanish?
portugguesse?
Got the name from Britian. You see when they smoked alot of this magical weed, they then would get what we call the munchies. Well the British eat alot of fish n chips, so this is thier equivilent to eatting our american doritos for the munchies and as anyone who like's Long John Silver's food will tell ya. If you eat alot of thier fish and chips you will definately be on the pot.
if the dex says this ,then it's true
Actually it was coined by a friend of my dads. His name is Pat and his friend would smoke daily and then with this voice straight from "Fast times at Ridgemont High" would say "Heeeey dude, this is gooooood, Pot."
Of course, the Cali surfer accent would disappear when he wasnt smoking and he could then pronounce "Pat" correctly.
TRUE STORY!!
never liked pot made me eat and that was not good but this was many years ago, had many friends who did tho and actually they turned out pretty fat and lazy sorry but true
yep,i want some marijuana noww
Potiguaya spanish for marijuana leaves
pot? hell no!MARIAAAAA
You guys sound like a bunch of poker playing pot heads hehe:D
don't know this ,but i really need marijuana...hmmm!
i thought when they say raise the pot that means give me some lol
well?how? still no valid answer:-))
TreeGod64 GAVE a valid and true answer.
Sounded good to me ...
pot love ittt:-x
spanish!!Quote:
Originally Posted by clitoris
in portuguese we call her "maconha" , "erva" , "breu" , or even "beck"(dont know where this one comes from though....:confused:)
in portuguese though, we have a specific slang for the huge hunger we're on after smoking it, it is called "larica"....is there anything similar in other languages?....would be nice to know......
pot? fuck ...live your life!no drugs