how did it get the name "pot"

[djaio]

its been on my mind.

[NextGen]

That's a good one.

[OzzyOz]

yea
i've always wondered

[Buck268]

Indoor growers?

[NoosaHeads]

Its so simlpe its not funny....

because after you have smoked it your head feels like its been cooked in one..

Because in the 1920's they used to ship it from Afganistan and neighbouring countrys in clay Pots...

Its an old school code word thats better known these days and is no longer a code word..
Like titties in Jail..;)

weres the Myth busters when you need em.?.
you decide.

A.
B.
C.

[Hydrizzle]

The propogandists from the 50s invented it... when u smoke it, you go in the pot!
nah jk i dunno i never use that word, it somehow makes weed seem liek a worse drug.

[xNoa]

dunno, but only clueless parents use the word now

[jonny]

dunno, but only clueless parents use the word now

And me.


Jonny

[Lulu]

And me.
Not entirely clueless mother of 3 :p

[Reefer Rogue]

I dislike the word dope.

[stonerboy40k]

Im sure I stumbled on the answer to this before while stoned it jus came to me in a flash of light but now i forgot it no doubt a little googling will provide answers

does dope relate just to hash or also to green?

[stonerboy40k]

OK i cant find it but pipe dream comes from some one tripping on opium

[xNoa]

sorry, guess its different from wherever your at, but in my area uk call it pot seriously and you wont be taken serious.. maybe more of an american word

[ermitonto]

The word "pot" (meaning cannabis) was introduced to the English language sometime in the 1930s. It was probably a shortened version of the Mexican slang word potiguaya, meaning cannabis leaves. The word "reefer" also comes from a Mexican slang word for weed, grifa.

[sinbin]

wow, so much history :D

they should teach this kinda shit in shcool lol

[Dick Justice]

I dislike the word dope.

Yeah, to me that means heroin.

[anycraic]

"yeeeeaahhh man uuu got anny dope????"
seems degrading to me somehow

[LOVElife]

people call it DOPE here in Newcastle UK nd I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT! Its just weed man!

[Reefer Rogue]

I dislike when condescending parents or teachers or cops call it dope. It just makes me feel so... (insert perfect word that would go here)

[Dick Justice]

My favorite has to be when the DARE guys used to come in 5th-7th grade and ask us "why do you think they call it 'dope?'" Maybe because police INVENTED the terminology of "dope," fucking tools.

[GHoSToKeR]

I dislike when condescending parents or teachers or cops call it dope. It just makes me feel so... (insert perfect word that would go here)
gay?

lol

[OzzyOz]

i think they call it dope after uhh snowhite and the 7 drawfs. ANd they have DOPEY! and since weed is always "stereotyped" to make you dumber when high and all that crappy jazz.... Dopey is not the sharpest knife and is very uncoordinated

[Anthro Emesis]

I call it pot sometimes because it's a slang term for weeed ;)

[Sensi Super Skunk]

i think they call it dope after uhh snowhite and the 7 drawfs. ANd they have DOPEY! and since weed is always "stereotyped" to make you dumber when high and all that crappy jazz.... Dopey is not the sharpest knife and is very uncoordinated
Damn, I never thought of that. Good observation.

[Dick Justice]

Well that's what they imply when they say "why do you think they call it dope." You're supposed to chorus back "Because it makes you dopey, Officer Dan!" Then Officer Dan will give you a sticker with the crime dog on it that says "Take a Bite Out of Crime" but you can pull off letters to make it say "Take a Bite Out of me" and stick it on your crotch, and then you get sent to the principal's for disrespecting Officer Dan, when in fact Officer Dan is the only one disrespecting you by assuming you to be of such low intelligence that you should believe the immensely illogical bullshit he spews about children being permanently mentally damaged after smoking just one joint, bouncing against the walls and acquiring uncontrollable spasmodic tendencies, and the principal's office has a sign on the wall that says PRINCI-PAL with PAL highlighted in red, blood red, and the first PAL that comes to mind is HAL, the omnipotent, red-eyed, all-controlling, emotionless entity that refuses to open the pod bay doors for Dave, and..

Got sidetracked.

[GHoSToKeR]

Is that a true story? lol

[Dick Justice]

Well, I hadn't seen 2001 A Space Odyssey in the 6th grade, but Officer Dan was truly a lying prick.

[Etrain]

Well that's what they imply when they say "why do you think they call it dope." You're supposed to chorus back "Because it makes you dopey, Officer Dan!" Then Officer Dan will give you a sticker with the crime dog on it that says "Take a Bite Out of Crime" but you can pull off letters to make it say "Take a Bite Out of me" and stick it on your crotch, and then you get sent to the principal's for disrespecting Officer Dan, when in fact Officer Dan is the only one disrespecting you by assuming you to be of such low intelligence that you should believe the immensely illogical bullshit he spews about children being permanently mentally damaged after smoking just one joint, bouncing against the walls and acquiring uncontrollable spasmodic tendencies, and the principal's office has a sign on the wall that says PRINCI-PAL with PAL highlighted in red, blood red, and the first PAL that comes to mind is HAL, the omnipotent, red-eyed, all-controlling, emotionless entity that refuses to open the pod bay doors for Dave, and..

Got sidetracked.

Lmao

[Reefer Rogue]

gay?

lol

Close enough.

[sykobabble]

its been on my mind.spell it backwards.thats what i do to all my pot

[mellow mood]

two homo erectus walked in a forest and one saw this weird plant. so they smoke it and boom they get pretty high. so the guy said to his friend: damn this herb is crazy, lets call this pot.

[3ofClubs]

I dislike the word dope.

Main Entry: 1dope
Pronunciation: 'dOp
Function: noun
Etymology: Dutch doop sauce, from dopen to dip; akin to Old English dyppan to dip
1 a : a thick liquid or pasty preparation b : a preparation for giving a desired quality to a substance or surface
2 : absorbent or adsorbent material used in various manufacturing processes (as the making of dynamite)
3 a (1) : an illicit, habit-forming, or narcotic drug (2) : a preparation given to a racehorse to help or hinder its performance b chiefly Southern : a cola drink c : a stupid person
4 : information especially from a reliable source <the inside dope>


To be honest, I never really knew that dope was used to refer to mj. Doesn't it refer to coke? I sure don't think it could be described as "an illicit, habit-forming, or narcotic drug", except for by naive peoples.

[sykobabble]

Main Entry: 1dope
Pronunciation: 'dOp
Function: noun
Etymology: Dutch doop sauce, from dopen to dip; akin to Old English dyppan to dip
1 a : a thick liquid or pasty preparation b : a preparation for giving a desired quality to a substance or surface
2 : absorbent or adsorbent material used in various manufacturing processes (as the making of dynamite)
3 a (1) : an illicit, habit-forming, or narcotic drug (2) : a preparation given to a racehorse to help or hinder its performance b chiefly Southern : a cola drink c : a stupid person
4 : information especially from a reliable source <the inside dope>


To be honest, I never really knew that dope was used to refer to mj. Doesn't it refer to coke? I sure don't think it could be described as "an illicit, habit-forming, or narcotic drug", except for by naive peoples.dope also means knowladge in the RR industry.the conducter asks the hoghead ,whats the (dope) on trailer?

[Reefer Rogue]

To be honest, I never really knew that dope was used to refer to mj. Doesn't it refer to coke? I sure don't think it could be described as "an illicit, habit-forming, or narcotic drug", except for by naive peoples.

You're right, only naive people use the word dope in its derogatory context. Parents, tachers and cops seem to love this word and like (i think it was) Dick Justice said they give you all that bullshit that it makes you dopey.

[GTC21]

I always thought dope meant a drug which is a sedative and makes you 'dopey'.
You mainly hear cannabis being refered to as dope but I've heard heroin called dope before too.

In my area people call hash pot and/or weed. They call skunk either skunk or weed.