blunted
Slang for being high on cannabis, specifically derived from blunt — a cigar or cigarillo hollowed out and refilled with marijuana.
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Born ~1990 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Bless you if you really believe that’s the reason the attacks on khan were less effective. It was his centrism that blunted it.
sorry but some of us have emotions that need to be blunted (me)
#MayWorldbuilders 5: A thousand years ago, the Cheno-Tithrik of the Red Eye used two forms of their sign language: proper, emotionally nuanced "lower-speech", using all four arms, and "upper-speech", a casual, blunted…
9 lbs hammer got me blunted. #stoner
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Slang for being high on cannabis, specifically derived from blunt — a cigar or cigarillo hollowed out and refilled with marijuana. To be blunted is to be in the relaxed, hazy state that follows smoking one. The term is closely tied to hip-hop culture of the early 1990s, when blunts became a fixture of East Coast rap and the word blunted took on a life of its own as a descriptor for that heavy, slow-moving weed high.
He answered the door looking thoroughly blunted, eyes barely open and the faint smell of smoke trailing behind him.
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(slang) high on cannabis.
Blunted means: high on cannabis.. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. It has drug-related associations; worth a calm conversation about which side of the topic your teen is on. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
blunted means: high on cannabis.. Register: very informal, often derogatory or vulgar. Avoid in formal, business, academic, or polite writing. Even in casual speech the word can offend and is best left out of a learner's active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Bless you if you really believe that’s the reason the attacks on khan were less effective. It was his centrism that blunted it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“sorry but some of us have emotions that need to be blunted (me)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#MayWorldbuilders 5: A thousand years ago, the Cheno-Tithrik of the Red Eye used two forms of their sign language: proper, emotionally nuanced "lower-speech", using all four arms, and "upper-speech", a casual, blunted version, that used only the upper pair. (1/3)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“9 lbs hammer got me blunted. #stoner”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Slang for cannabis, opioids, stimulants, psychedelics, alcohol, prescription drugs, and rave/club culture.
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