

Common purchase units are the "half", "quarter" and "eighth", or "half quarter", weighed out as 14, 7, and 3.5 grams respectively. For example, an "o" or ounce in most of Canada will be weighed as exactly 28 grams on a scale, which is an approximation. In Canada, similar terms to those in the UK are used, but grams are used in small quantities, and fractional ounces are actually weighed out in grams. (3.5 g))īuyer: "How much do you think a pair of pants would cost?" Dealer: "A pair of pants would cost $X.00." it is common to speak of cannabis in terms of clothing store merchandise or food (e.g., a slice is 1/8 oz. It is referred to as a lid because the height of the amount of marijuana in the bag is equal to the width of the lid of a bucket.

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25, or a quarter - It is $100 worth and works with the savings system by giving you $20 amount free with it.Sometimes just comes in one bag/plastic jar. 50 piece (also referred to as an eighth or fatty eight) - You get 3 of that particular dealer's twenty bags ("dubs") for $50, $10 in savings.Dime bag (also referred to as a "dime") - $10 worth.Nickel bag, blunt (also referred to as a "nick") - $5 worth.In the US, cannabis is often referred to by price: Probably end up paying £10 and getting a 0.8/0.7. Realistically though, unless you're safe with your dealer or you know the geezer who grows it, you're gonna get mugged off. 10^9: beenth (fictional term for a billion ounces).1: ounce, oz, onion Ozzy (Osbourne), 'O', Oscar, zone, zip, Fosters.1/4: quarter (ounce), quad, 'Q', bottle (of water), farmer's daughter, mike vick.1/8: eighth, eighter, single, Henry (the VIII), cut, slice, Garden Gate.1/16 (ounce): 'teenth' (sixteenth), Louis ( the 16th).In the UK, cannabis is often referred to by quantity: White rhino (high quality marijuana - usually mixed with cocaine).Skunk (marijuana smelling like a skunk).Juicy Fruit (a strain that smells like gum).Terms also from the 1930s period include: Yarndi (an Australian aboriginal term for weed).wizard (specifically high-grade cannabis, common usage in Pittsburgh, PA, USA).widdle (common in Bergen County, New Jersey).tin or tinny ($25 worth in New Zealand).shake (leaf and seeds at bottom of bag).

scooby-doo (common usage on UEA campus, England).schwugs (middle-quality – portmanteau of schwag and nugs)."Mostly man, but it's got some Labrador in it".Mezz (from Mezz Mezzrow, prominent jazz era dealer).Mexican kilobrick (low-grade, highly-compressed import).mbanje ( Zimbabwe language Shona, Mannie Fresh or mannie).lye (commonly used in the 1990s in the United States, prominently in a few rap songs (e.g.Kush, (named for the "Kush" region of Afghanistan.).kine bud (though commonly misinterpreted as "Kind" Bud, kine is the Hawaiian word for "excellent").killer herb, or killa (very common in Texas).g-regs or gregs (general or generic regulars).ganja or ganj (abbreviated) (from Hindi).gangster gumbo (a mix of several people's cannabis).Fid or Fiddy (refers to a $50 in New Zealand).funk, (Australian English, Jamaican English).electric puha (from puha, a plant in New Zealand).eighth (standard-quantity used for trading - 1/8 imperial ounce).dirt weed (very low-quality marijuana that tastes extremely bad).Dat sticky icky icky, Poo We (Snoop Dogg).dagga (from Afrikaans via South Africa).Crop (often shortened to cro) (UK Slang).Cherry (lit end of a Cigarette, Bong, Joint, Cigar).cheatham (awful-quality weed), (South African English).Caracas (what Latinos call low-grade marijuana).Burger King (with a fork being the smoking tool of choice).Booboo sh*t (low quality) (common usage in the African American vernacular).Bob Hope (footnote in w:Infinite Jest, by author David Foster Wallace).
