Why Do White People Call Marijuana "Pot"?

[5 Grand]

From my experience, Black people call it "weed" which makes sense because it's a plant. There's other slang words like Buddha, Ganja, Trees, Smoke, etc.

But White people seem to call it "Pot". How does that make sense?

 

[Black]

Have you asked any white people?

 

[5 Grand]

Have you asked any white people?

No. It's kind of an awkward question, but I'm sure there's White people on ABW that can explain it.

 

[Englishdude]

Call it weed/skunk/bud. Only ever heard someone call it pot if they’re from an older generation.

no clue why it’s called that.

 

[CeLLar-DooR]

Over here we call it food it's mad confusin' when niggas visit me and wanna pick up lmao like bro you want some chicken or some bud

 

[CeLLar-DooR]

I asked a white person about sunscreen once. It was very informative

 

[Rubato]

You could have just typed that into google

 

[TonyDubbz]

cause they think it makes them sound white cool

"Hey any of you dudes know where I can score some pot?"

 

[OhMars]

You could have just typed that into google

He looked in his encyclopedia bit they didn't have the answers.

 

[AP4.0]

5th seem like the type to ask white people what "cap" means.

How tf they supposed to know

 

[Lou Cypher]

I've always wondered this too. Its always from my parents generation that I hear it from. Everyone i know calls it weed or dro thats my age. I wonder what the kids are calling it.

 

[VIBE]

I assume because it’s grown in a pot?

 

[Rubato]

Pot « The Word Detective

Probably coined by Jack Webb. Dear Word Detective: From where does the name "pot" come from when referring to marijuana? I have asked several users of the substance but they seem to have forgotten. -- Barry Longyear. Ba-dum-bump. I feel like I've wandered into someone else's act here.

www.word-detective.com

 

[Black]

The white people don't even know.

 

[Duwop]

I call it grass most of the time

Or "artwork" if the kids around

 

[RandomOne]

I call it weed
I think I've heard people in their early 20s calling it fire

 

[BRIAN B.]

Call it weed/skunk/bud. Only ever heard someone call it pot if they’re from an older generation.

no clue why it’s called that.

Yea

I've only heard old heads refer to reefer as pot

 

[Word....Life]

Pot...

 

[Rubato]

 

[Allah_U_Akbar]

On a related note: Why do so many black folks refer to heroin as “HAIR-RON”?

I be thinkin’....

“Damn. Am I the only black person who knows how to pronounce ‘heroin’”?

Shits weird.