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VIJAYA— Cannabis is called 'Vijaya' as it can help you triumph over the six longings/desires of the Mind & Body.

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Herb — among Rastafarians, who use the substance religiously, this term has been used to emphasize that it is “natural” like other herbs. With a similar flare, the substance has been called “mother” and “mother nature,” as well as the “noble weed” and “righteous bush”

Cannabis - The plant name Cannabis is derived originally from a Scythian or Thracian word, which loaned into Persian as Kanab, then into Greek as κάνναβις (kánnavis) and subsequently into Latin as cannabis.

Bhang - An edible preparation of marijuana made by soaking and grinding the young leaves and stems of the Cannabis sativa plant to create a paste, usually mixed with milk or water in traditional Indian beverages, and known for its mild hallucinogenic effects.

Bud – the name for the part of the cannabis plant that is smoked

Airplane – because it gets one “high.” Also, see “parachute” and “pocket rocket”​​

Green goddess – green for the color, goddess for the experience

Green – for the color, the same reason it is slang for money. Similar slang terms are green stuff, greenery, and green tea

Pot — derives from the Spanish word for marijuana leaves, potiguaya

Dank – this term started out describing unpleasant, swamp-like things and, like “bad” itself, then came to describe good things, like marijuana of the best quality

Ganja – derives from a Hindi word for the hemp plant

420 - is cannabis culture slang for marijuana and hashish consumption, especially smoking around the time 4:20 p.m., and also refers to cannabis-oriented celebrations that take place annually on April 20

Grass also bush and weed

Blunt – though the wrapper of any cigar can be used today, early users of the term used the brand Phillies Blunt

Houdini – because the user “escapes” reality

Marijuana - originally spelled variously as "marihuana", "mariguana", etc., originated in Mexican Spanish.

Doobie - a cannabis cigarette.

Thirteen — the first letter of marijuana is the 13th in the alphabet

WHAT IS A SLANG?

Slang is the language (words, phrases, and usages) of an informal register. It also sometimes refers to the language generally exclusive to the members of particular in-groups who prefer over the common vocabulary of a standard language in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both. The word itself came about in the 18th century and has been defined in multiple ways since its conception.

WHAT IS THE SLANG IN YOUR LOCATION?

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