420

Stoner holiday number

420 (pronounced "four-twenty") is slang associated with marijuana culture.

It refers to the consumption of cannabis, especially around 4:20 PM, and to April 20th as an informal holiday for marijuana enthusiasts: We're having a 420 party.

The term appears in contexts signaling cannabis friendliness: 420 friendly in dating profiles or rental listings.

cannabis

marijuana

Psychoactive hemp plant

  • weedUninvited plant
  • stonerHabitual marijuana smoker
  • jointShared by multiple parties

bong · blaze · edibles · ganja · hash · indica · sativa · kush · pot · reefer

legalization

decriminalization

Ending criminal status

advocacy · activism · lobbying · petition · referendum · ballot · initiative · dispensary · medical · recreational

date

April

Year's fourth month

mid-April · annual · observance · 4/20 · holiday · celebration · smokeout · gathering · rally

counterculture

hippie

Sixties counterculture member

rebellion · bohemian · underground · alternative · fringe · outsider · anti-establishment · headshop · tie-dye · Grateful Dead

number

integer

Number lacking fractions

quantity · four · twenty · hundred

Categories
Opposites
substance legality/sobriety

420straight edge

Unbent measuring tool

sober · clean · sobriety · drug-free · prohibition

cultural stance toward cannabis

420War on Drugs

Government campaign against illegal substances

anti-drug · prohibition · Nancy Reagan · zero tolerance · criminalization

lifestyle/counterculture alignment

420narc

Undercover drug officer

straight-laced · square · buttoned-up · establishment · conformist

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Mostly American · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13