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The following slang words used in South African originated in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and subsequently came to South Africa. bint – a girl, from Arabic بِنْت. Usually seen as derogatory. buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar.
Pot, a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration in New York City. More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use. [1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.
Dagga (Afrikaans pronunciation:) is a word used in certain areas of Southern Africa to describe cannabis.The term, dating to the 1660s, derives from the word daxa in the Khoekhoe language used to describe the plant as well as various species of Leonotis.
A small triangular pastry of Indian origin. South African spelling and pronunciation of samosa. Sangoma A traditional African healer. shame An exclamation denoting sympathy as in "shame, you poor thing, you must be cold". Also used to describe a ''cuteness factor''. sharp, shapp, shapp-shapp, pashasha, pashash
Stacks of bright green cannabis plants, freshly harvested from nearby hothouses, are expertly sorted on a lab table by workers wearing hygienic gloves and caps who snip the leaves and buds and put ...
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Bhang (referring to cannabis in general) can also be acquired medically. [68] [69] The narcotics act does not list bhang/cannabis, instead documenting both charas and ganja (as cannabis plant products) separately; [69] in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, cannabis leaves are not included in the definition of cannabis for Indian ...
cannabis slang Cannabis has more than 1,200 slang names, including weed, a commonly used cannabis slang name. Additionally, there are many slang terms for consumption of cannabis, and describing the state of being under the influence of cannabis. [See cannabis culture.] Young adults in Texas smoking cannabis in 1973 cannabis smoking