Home » Dictionary » smoke (someone) up

smoke (someone) up

smoke (someone) up v. phr. to share marijuana as a friendly gesture; to enable someone to get high. Editorial Note: Constructed similarly as to chat (someone) up ‘to flirt (with someone); to make a romantic or sexual play (for someone),’ though the latter term is not common in North America. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Further reading

Off the Turnip Truck (episode #1532)

It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people disagreed over the best word to use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell suggested answering with ahoy! but Thomas Edison was partial to hello! A fascinating new book about...

Mrs. Astor’s Horse (episode #1530)

“What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn’t a cat?” Answer: a kitten! A 1948 children’s joke book has lots of these to share with kids. Plus: an easy explanation for the difference between...

Recent posts