The Origins of Your Favorite Weed Slang

Weed slang is as varied and diverse as the very plants they describe.

By
Burgess Powell

Reefer

Reefer goes further back than the 1936 movie that popularized it: Reefer MadnessSome say that reefer was a sailing term.

The reefer on sailing ships was the man who folded the sails up in a shape that, some say, looked like a joint. Others argue that reefer comes from the Spanish term grifa, which means marijuana.

Reefer grew in popularity in the 1920s and 1930s but became known nationally when Reefer Madness, a movie about the dangers of marijuana, became an ironic hit in the 1970s legalization movement.

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Burgess Powell

Burgess Powell is a writer for High Times based in New York. She writes about marijuana news, culture, and health.

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