420

See also: 4-2-0, and 4/20

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

420 (dinghy)

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

420 (cannabis culture)

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Etymology 1

So named because it is 420 centimetres long.

Noun

420 (plural 420s)

A particular type of monohull dinghy with two sails, designed for two people.

Etymology 2

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

4:20, 4/20, four-twenty, four twenty

Noun

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

^ Oxford Dictionaries, "We added 420 to the OED. Here’s how it happened.", 20 April 2017
^ Oxford Living Dictionaries, "420"

Anagrams

0-4-2, 2-4-0

[1] Oxford Dictionaries, "We added 420 to the OED. Here’s how it happened.", 20 April 2017

[2] Oxford Living Dictionaries, "420"

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