The Origins of Your Favorite Weed Slang

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

By
Burgess Powell

Bogart

As former High Times editor David Bienenstock explains in How to Smoke Pot (properly), Bogart-ing a joint is exactly what you don’t want to do.

This is when you hold on to the joint without passing it to others, who are hoping for some herb. The term comes from Humphrey Bogart, American icon and ’40s film star who would hold a cigarette in his mouth for seemingly endless stretches of time.

Don’t do that.

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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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Burgess Powell

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