Hip Glossary
Hip Glossary – THC
THC: Tetrahydrocannabinol. The active ingredient in marijuana that gets you high. One of several cannabinoids found in marijuana. The percentage of THC in marijuana or hashish usually determines how strong it is.
Hip Glossary – Thing
Thing: Catch phrase for your obsession or something you enjoy. “Liberating the mind through LSD is Leary’s thing.”
Hip Glossary – Threads
Threads: Clothes.
Hip Glossary – Sipsi or Sebsi
Sipsi or Sebsi: A long narrow pipe with a small bowl, made from wood or metal. Used to smoke kif or hashish in Morocco.
Hip Glossary – Smashing!
Smashing!: From England, something really cool!
Hip Glossary – Smoking Stone
Smoking Stone: A ceramic styled small stone with an opening at both ends to cool the heat off the weed before inhaling .
Hip Glossary – Smothers Brothers
Smothers Brothers: Famous Comedians of the 60s, Tom and Dick Smothers had a top rated TV variety show until it became too controversial and was canceled by CBS. Seems they spoke their minds too often, usually protesting the Vietnam War, police brutality and racism.
Hip Glossary – John Sinclair
John Sinclair: A dude from michigan who got put in prison for ten years for selling two joints to an undercover cop. His conviction was overturned thanks mainly in part to John Lennon and seven others who organized a movement… Continue reading
Hip Glossary – Skunk
Skunk: Descriptive term for very strong smelling marijuana. Also a popular hybrid variety of marijuana.
Hip Glossary – Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder: Beat Poet, Buddhist, professor. Snyder is perhaps most famous for influencing Jack Kerouac and the Beats and turning them on to Buddhism.