2006-06-15 17:08:58 · 12 answers · asked by lunatic_no9 4 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Probably a shortened form of Mexican Sp. potiguaya "marijuana leaves."
2006-06-15 17:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Pineapple Hat 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because over the years many drug dealers have been caught by using the term (marijuana) so to avoid being caught many nicknames have been created. Pot, 420, grass, weed, mary jane.etc...... Are all nicknames that people have used.
2006-06-16 00:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by Erik 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to both Merriam-Webster and the Oxford University Press dictionaries, "pot" could be derived from Mexican Spanish "potiguaya", which means "hemp leaves".
2006-06-16 00:13:14 · answer #3 · answered by me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe its because back in the day(( and now)) they smoked it in a pot ((u know like a pipe))
but drugs are bad......
2006-06-16 00:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by coco_k22 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
smoked in a pot
bong
something that holds the pot while we smoke it.
Many correct answers.
I work at a Federal Prison
so, I can not give you any "personal" data:
but you get it, right?
2006-06-16 00:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by pinkstealth 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL That's a good one. When I come down I'll find an answer to that one.
2006-06-16 00:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by fiji2litre 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
...and why do we call it cannabis, or weed?
These are just names the stuff has picked up through it's years of use.
2006-06-16 00:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by tutter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
slang term
2006-06-16 00:10:01 · answer #8 · answered by It's MEEEE!!!! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its jus a nickname stupid, like skag is heroin, charley is coke etc.......why? u stoned off it?
2006-06-17 16:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
street name..
its like y do we call flashy jewelries...bling?!?
2006-06-16 00:11:19 · answer #10 · answered by me.. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋