2007-02-02 11:50:55 · 12 answers · asked by T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The Origin Revealed
According to Steven Hager, editor of High Times, the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen pot-smoking wiseacres who called themselves the Waldos, who are now pushing 50. The term was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot. Intent on developing their own discreet language, they made 420 code for a time to get high, and its use spread among members of an entire generation. While our teens feel that they know something we don't, you can let them in on the fact that it was your generation that came up with the numbers.
A quote from one of the Waldos in the High Times article states, "We did discover we could talk about getting high in front of our parents without them knowing by using the phrase 420." Fortunately, your teenagers will not have that same option.
Whatever!
Simply put, 420 is a symbol of cannabis and its culture. Today, April 20th events are international, and 4:20 pm has become sort of a world wide "burn time". It certainly doesn't matter too much where the term came from because for us parents, it's a flag, a warning sign that our teenagers may be into something that could harm their future. When you see the symbol 420, be aware of what it represents.
2007-02-02 12:00:27 · answer #1 · answered by Voicekiller 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I read a story in High Times magazine that attributes this saying to some old hippies from the sixties. They would meet after school at 4:20 pm to get high. Then it became a code word for them. They would call their buddies house and have the parent give the other dude a message. "Bro it's 420". this would mean it was time to get high no matter what time it really was. So the the story goes. So what it means is it's time for the Ganja, time to spark the dubbie, time to light a chubby one, time to burn the BC, time to crank the chronic, time.. well I think u get the idea.
2007-02-02 12:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by RUDOLPH M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a number associated with marijuana, sometimes referred to as a time - 4:20, or date - April 20.
2007-02-02 12:02:00 · answer #3 · answered by b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is when you are suppose to smoke pot at 420 pm everyday
2007-02-02 11:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mary jane
dope
pot
weed
cooking your brain out.
DRUGS! 420 is DRUGS!
2007-02-02 12:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by bottom dollar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is also Hitlers Birthday.
Hence Columbine happened on April 20th.
2007-02-02 12:19:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 1 more than419
2007-02-02 11:56:37 · answer #7 · answered by Pauline 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means a cheat,I presume you are from India, because there it is used extensively as a nick name for a cheat and fraud or a criminal.
2007-02-02 11:56:15 · answer #8 · answered by ramy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a number associated with smoking marijuana.
2007-02-02 11:53:52 · answer #9 · answered by rastabudd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i forgot......i was lighting up my pipe at that time
2007-02-02 11:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by LM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋