The cannabis plant is and has been a hot topic around the world for a while now, and people have only come up with more slang for weed. Still, though not many people know a ton about it. Between the constant fearmongering from the government and health PSAs around high-potency pot, many are scared of marijuana and its possible effects, especially parents.
With the legalization of medical marijuana in almost every state, however, and the increase in support for recreational use, we’re only going to see more of it. Despite this rise in popularity of the plant, online censorship has stayed consistent, causing many to adopt nicknames for marijuana that only those in the know can decipher (see our piece about common emojis for weed).
We’re sure you’ve heard the basics—”weed,” “pot;” maybe even a “stoned” here and there. Still, though, there is so much common slang for cannabis included in our daily life that it’s hard to keep up with.
To make it easier for you to avoid a sticky situation around unknowingly being asked to smoke, or simply to learn to decode the foreign language your stoner friends seem to speak, we’ve compiled an extensive list of marijuana slang terms that you need to know.
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Slang for weed
Before we even touch the fancy stuff, you have to know if someone’s talking about the plant at all. Depending on where you are, people will be more or less cryptic about their cannabis use, and over the years, stoners everywhere have gotten creative with their aliases. Here are a few.
- Weed
- Pot
- Ganja
- Mary Jane
- Skunk
- Grass
- Hash
- Chronic
- Zaza, or Za
- Bud
- Dope
- Reefer
- Kush
Anyways… smoking pot and eating old burgers
— miss kay (@ladymisskay_) April 12, 2025
Terms for marijuana consumption methods:
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, we have to cover the ways people enjoy weed.
- Blunt
- Joint
- Spliff
Contrary to popular belief, these words are not synonyms. See this guide to learn the difference, so you never get caught up including tobacco in your smoking routine without meaning to. A few more consumption methods include:
- Bong
- Dab
- Edible
Dream blunt rotation pic.twitter.com/Kx2i65UtKK
— jb (@paidbuckets) June 13, 2025
Terms for smoking marijuana:
People love to talk about smoking, especially in places they’re not supposed to. If you ever ask a weed-lover what they’re doing on 4/20, look out for these words:
- Blazing
- Toking
- Taking a hit
- Hotboxing
- Gardening (popular on TikTok)
Me when my friends hotbox the car pic.twitter.com/ZctxVbFVKz
— Chrish (@mistachrish) February 24, 2016
Terms for being under the influence of marijuana:
So what happens after someone’s taken a few hits of a joint? Or ate an edible? Here’s some slang for that funny feeling you may get after you’ve indulged.
- High
- Baked
- Stoned
- Zooted
- Faded
- Blasted
Me and bro coming home zooted to mom waiting in the entryway w the lights on pic.twitter.com/du4MvmkDZo
— s (@cupsteal3r) June 24, 2025
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We at GreenState hope this list proves useful. Whether you’re new to using cannabis, have found yourself around an enthusiastic group of pot-lovers, or you want to know what your kid is getting up to on the weekends, this list should provide you with a framework to identify when someone’s talking about weed and what exactly they mean when they do.