Another way to say “weed”
25 slang terms grouped by this meaning, ranked by popularity.
Speechless — shocked so completely you can't respond. "I'm gagged" = "that just astonished me." Used for a high note, an outfit reveal, a plot twist, or any moment where words fail. Drag and ballroom origin carries an emotional register the blunt "shocked" doesn't.
A puffy, rounded facial appearance allegedly caused by chronic stress. The diagnosis is often self-administered on TikTok between skincare routines.
Slang for prison — the house that's built of iron bars instead of drywall. It's part of a long tradition of euphemistic and metaphorical names for incarceration, like 'the big house,' 'the joint,' or 'the can.' Iron house has a bleaker, more poetic ring to it — the permanence and hardness of iron standing in for everything oppressive about incarceration. You'll find it in older slang dictionaries and still occasionally in rap lyrics and street vernacular.
- 4tac
Tac is Geordie slang (from Newcastle and the wider Tyneside region of northeast England) for cannabis — the drug in any of its smokeable forms. It sits in the register of local street slang, informal and coded, used primarily among those familiar with Geordie dialect. Like many drug-related slang terms, it is geographically specific enough that it would be unfamiliar to speakers from other parts of the UK. Its register is casual and often used in everyday conversation in contexts where cannabis use is normalised.
A person or thing that persistently makes a bad situation worse, someone who provokes, irritates, or escalates tension by habit. Though not strictly slang, it functions informally as a label for chronic instigators. More neutral in tone than an outright insult but carries a clear negative charge. Typically applied when the behavior is habitual rather than a one-time offense. The word implies a recurring pattern, not a single bad day.
- 6imbo
Australian slang for an idiot or fool — a dismissive term for someone acting stupidly. It has the blunt, abbreviated quality of Australian insult slang and is used informally without particular venom. The word may derive from 'imbecile' or 'imbo' as a clipped form, or it may be an independent coinage. It carries a similar weight to 'drongo' or 'dill' in Australian usage.
A low, spreading weed of the genus , especially.
- 8kush
A synthetic cannabinoid-like recreational drug prevalent in Sierra Leone.
(slang) Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.
(AAVE, slang) Marijuana.
- 11zoobie
(MLE, slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- 12scores
(slang, UK) A bag of cannabis worth £20.
- 13kine bud
(slang) High-grade marijuana.
- 14KBs
(slang) High-grade marijuana.
- 15john
(slang, US) A device or place for urination and defecation: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
(slang) An extremely thick joint or blunt of marijuana.
- 17ammie
(slang) (a potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana).
(slang, drugs) A water pipe or bong; a device or contrivance for mixing air with burning cannabis or cocaine.
- 19bakehead
(slang) A person who uses cannabis.
- 20canaree
(Caribbean) A metal or earthenware pot or jar used for storing and cooking food.
- 21majat
(South Africa) Cannabis of low quality with too many sticks and seeds.
(chiefly, US) Any psychoactive cannabinoid that is synthetically or semisynthetically derived from delta-9-THC and is not naturally present in cannabis except in negligible amounts.
- 23billycan
(UK, Australia, South Africa) A lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping.
- 24keyed
(mechanics, engineering, of a joint between components) Having a key, mated to a keyseat and/or keyway, to either control or prevent movement.
(uncountable, slang) A product of cooking cannabis with butter, used to make edibles.