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Toasted Slang

Posted by Grant Barrett on February 6, 2017 · Add Comment

A San Antonio, Texas, listener says some of her friends use the word toasted to mean “drunk” and some use it to mean “high on marijuana.” Which is it? This is part of a complete episode.

Clutch and Dank

Posted by grantbarrett on May 27, 2016 · Add Comment

A listener in Billings, Montana, wonders about two of her boyfriend’s favorite slang terms: clutch and dank. Clutch most likely derives from the world of sports, where a clutch play requires peak performance from an athlete, giving rise to clutch meaning “great.” Dank, on the other hand, is used among cannabis aficionados to describe the [...]

Evolution of “Dope”

Posted by grantbarrett on June 29, 2013 · Add Comment

What exactly is dope? Over time, it’s meant marijuana, heroin, steroids, butter, coffee, drugs given to racehorses, and myriad other substances affecting the recipient in some excitable way. The term didn’t come to mean marijuana until the ’40s, and if you were born before 1970s, chances are you’d think stoned means drunk. This is part [...]

Canvassing for Votes

Posted by grantbarrett on December 13, 2008 · Add Comment

You hear about political groups “canvassing for votes.” But why canvas? We talk about the possible origins of this word, and the connection between the cannabis and the material known as canvas. This is part of a complete episode.

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Evolution of “Dope”

Canvassing for Votes