I prefer pothead to stoner, but really it's all about perception and if you feel the label is derogatory or not.

Me, I smoke pot every day... but I'm not always stoned 24/7. I have a great career, I'm a home owner, I am well spoken and educated on a variety of different topics (weed being one of them!)... and I enjoy a good end-of-the-day buzz and the odd wake-n-bake. That's how I define a pothead, an otherwise ordinary person, motivated and forward moving who enjoys smoking pot.

A stoner, in my definition, is someone who is either always stoned or trying to get stoned. In those brief moments of sobriety though, a stoner will continue to exhibit some of the negative stoned mannerisms... mumbling, unkemptness, etc. They have few interests outside of getting stoned and only talk about getting stoned. A stoner usually has a job instead of a career, one that isn't too difficult so they can show up high on a regular biases, etc.

Of course, that's just my opinion. In the other parts of the world the definitions could be totally reversed: they're just titles and words and each individual has to decide what the word means ('cause Webster's ain't going to define it!) and if it applies.


El Fantiostico :smokin: