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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010Hiassen: toking
Hello: What would "toking" mean? "Sampling?" Also, "joint;" can it only mean "marijuana cigarette," not just "cigarette?" ---- [Joey's brother has become a sheep farmer in New Zealand] Nothing gave him more joy than sitting on the porch of his farmhouse, toking on a joint and gazing out upon verdant slopes speckled in pewter with rams, ewes and lambs. Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 58 ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks. > Marius Hancu I have only heard 'toking' used to refer to smoking a 'joint' which is a marijuana, well, I wouldn't even say 'cigarette'. Cigarettes are made from tobacco and, rarely, odd but legal herbal mixtures. Joints are made from marijuana. There is, or was back in the day, an entire vocabulary relating to the use of marijuana. I've forgotten what little I knew, but I'm pretty sure 'toking' isn't 'sampling'; it's more like 'smoking with great enjoyment and attention'.  SignatureCheryl >Hello: > >What would "toking" mean? >"Sampling?" Puffing on marijuana cigarette. >Also, "joint;" can it only mean "marijuana cigarette," not just >"cigarette?" Only marijuana in this context. ("Joint" has other meanings) >---- >[Joey's brother has become a sheep farmer in New Zealand] [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 58 >---- SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks. > Marius Hancu One takes a drag on a cigarette, puffs a cigar andf tokes on a joint. > > What would "toking" mean? > > "Sampling?" [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > One takes a drag on a cigarette, puffs a cigar and tokes on a joint. OK. Thank you all. Marius Hancu > One takes a drag on a cigarette, puffs a cigar andf tokes on a joint. Except, of course, when one bogarts the joint. SignaturePeter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. http://www.pmoylan.org For an e-mail address, see my web page. |
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