420
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
So named because it is 420 centimetres long.
Noun[edit]
420 (plural 420s)
Etymology 2[edit]
Likely influenced by the time (4:20 pm) a particular group would meet in search of marijuana, circa 1971; subsequently spread as a cipher through the San Francisco Bay area and adopted among Grateful Dead fans.[1][2]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
420 (slang, especially Canada, US)
- Cannabis.
- (usually as a modifier) Pertaining to cannabis, its consumption, or cannabis culture.
- Late nights at the recording studio were always 420 friendly.
- April 20 (abbreviated 4/20 in the US), as an occasion to celebrate cannabis culture.
References[edit]
- ^ Oxford Dictionaries, "We added 420 to the OED. Here’s how it happened.", 20 April 2017
- ^ Oxford Living Dictionaries, "420"
Further reading[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, "420, n." (archive link, archived April 2017)