Maybe because it's the TOP of the plant... and that's POT spelled backwards.

lol. I have nothing to offer this debate.
TheSmokingMonkey Reviewed by TheSmokingMonkey on . Where does the word "pot" come from? I had an odd thought today while walking around on campus. I was thinking about how some of my friends and other people that I know jokingly refer to marijuana as "the pot," and how a lot of people who don't like marijuana or people who tend to think that it's the devils drug call it "pot." But where the hell did the word "pot" come from? I've heard people refer to marijuana as weed (most common usage probably), reefer, ganja etc. and even though I've never personally heard people use Rating: 5