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- noun The number four hundred and twenty, the integer between four hundred and ninteen and four hundred and twenty one.
- noun A particular type of
monohull dinghy with twosails , designed for two people. - noun North America The
consumption ofcannabis , or cannabis itself.
Etymologies
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So named because it is 420 centimetres long
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Unknown, although numerous theories abound.
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dontcry commented on the word 420
high time
May 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word 420
"Twelve months later, at a time when experts are declaring the so-called '''war on drugs'' to be a comprehensive failure, Silk Road is more brazen than ever. Users can now purchase gift certificates for their friends. And at 4.20pm (Greenwich Mean Time) on April 20, the site took the bold-faced step of holding what it called the ''420 Sale and Giveaway'' (''420'' being the colloquial name for marijuana) during which it offered a prize to buyers - such as a voucher, an iPhone or a MacBook Air - every 420 seconds until 420 prizes had gone.
- Eileen Ormsby, 'The drug's in the mail', theage.com.au, 27 April 2012.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/the-drugs-in-the-mail-20120426-1xnth.html#ixzz1tCcbZfql
April 27, 2012