Street Lingo
The upswing in drug use by teen-agers has brought new terms, Los Angeles high school students say. Here are some of today’s most common words and phrases.
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Blunt: A hollowed-out cigar filled with marijuana.
Bud: Current popular nickname for marijuana. Others are “endo” and “boom.”
Chronic: Marijuana mixed with crushed rock cocaine. Can be smoked in cigarette form or with a pipe. Also known as “primo.”
Dime Bag: $10 worth of marijuana, enough for three to five joints.
DP: Ditching party; students cut class to smoke marijuana.
Dust: Marijuana mixed with various chemicals, including PCP. Can be smoked in cigarette form or with a pipe.
Fiend: Someone who smokes marijuana alone.
Frios: Marijuana dipped in PCP. Also called “lovelies.”
HP: House party with alcohol and drugs.
J: A joint.
Nickel Bag or Nick: $5 worth of marijuana; enough for one or two joints.
Shroom: A psychotropic mushroom.
Smoke-out: To get high. Also: “get lifted,” “razed,” “booted,” “red.”
Tab: Tiny LSD-soaked bit of paper.
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