kush
noun/kʊʃ/
Etymology Ellipsis of Hindu Kush, the place of origin.
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Slang Marijuana, especially Cannabis indica (a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, strains of which often have high THC content).
- Baby, who you callin' soft / Don't make me smoke up all your kush / Don't make me pop your cheap ass pills2011, “Next”, in Echoes of Silence, performed by The Weeknd:
- Smoking on that kush all in our section / Like it's legalized2013, “All Me”, in Nothing Was the Same, performed by Drake:
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- Later in the day, Siyad is heard on a wiretap telling another man that he received “1.5 of kush” (slang for marijuana) from “Rob Ford’s driver.” Later Siyad tells another person, a woman, that what he received was actually “Rob Ford’s kush.”2013 December 4, Kevin Donovan, “Rob Ford: Gang members targeted mayor in blackmail plot, police documents say”, in The Star:
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A synthetic cannabinoid-like recreational drug prevalent in Sierra Leone.