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djaio
05-15-2005, 05:09 AM
its been on my mind.

NextGen
05-15-2005, 05:30 AM
That's a good one.

OzzyOz
05-15-2005, 05:56 AM
yea
i've always wondered

Buck268
05-15-2005, 07:49 AM
Indoor growers?

NoosaHeads
05-15-2005, 07:57 AM
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.

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B.
C.

Hydrizzle
05-15-2005, 08:00 AM
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
05-15-2005, 08:05 AM
dunno, but only clueless parents use the word now

jonny
05-15-2005, 10:31 AM
dunno, but only clueless parents use the word now

And me.


Jonny

Lulu
05-15-2005, 10:36 AM
And me.
Not entirely clueless mother of 3 :p

Reefer Rogue
05-15-2005, 10:44 AM
I dislike the word dope.

stonerboy40k
05-15-2005, 10:47 AM
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
05-15-2005, 10:49 AM
OK i cant find it but pipe dream comes from some one tripping on opium

xNoa
05-15-2005, 11:09 AM
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
05-15-2005, 11:54 AM
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
05-15-2005, 01:38 PM
wow, so much history :D

they should teach this kinda shit in shcool lol

Dick Justice
05-15-2005, 01:42 PM
I dislike the word dope.

Yeah, to me that means heroin.

anycraic
05-15-2005, 02:03 PM
"yeeeeaahhh man uuu got anny dope????"
seems degrading to me somehow

LOVElife
05-15-2005, 02:45 PM
people call it DOPE here in Newcastle UK nd I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT! Its just weed man!

Reefer Rogue
05-15-2005, 03:06 PM
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
05-15-2005, 03:13 PM
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
05-15-2005, 03:14 PM
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
05-15-2005, 05:20 PM
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
05-15-2005, 05:24 PM
I call it pot sometimes because it's a slang term for weeed ;)

Sensi Super Skunk
05-15-2005, 05:42 PM
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
05-15-2005, 05:47 PM
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
05-15-2005, 05:48 PM
Is that a true story? lol

Dick Justice
05-15-2005, 05:54 PM
Well, I hadn't seen 2001 A Space Odyssey in the 6th grade, but Officer Dan was truly a lying prick.

Etrain
05-15-2005, 07:08 PM
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
05-15-2005, 09:45 PM
gay?

lol

Close enough.

sykobabble
05-16-2005, 02:16 AM
its been on my mind.spell it backwards.thats what i do to all my pot

mellow mood
05-16-2005, 02:21 AM
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
05-16-2005, 08:15 AM
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
05-16-2005, 08:21 AM
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
05-16-2005, 10:00 AM
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
05-16-2005, 02:20 PM
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.