Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
secondhand stoke
English answer:
play on words: second-hand marijuana smoke/smoking
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Ildiko Santana
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secondhand stoke
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The Cleopatra Sex Shop, the window display of which consists of a menagerie of large and alarmingly lifelike dildos, is only one block from the Pakistan Islamic Center. At one point, I catch a whiff of marijuana, the fragrant aroma of Dutch tolerance: secondhand stoke.
What does "secondhand stoke" mean? Or, is it a typo? Should it be "secondhand smoke"?
Thank you in advance for your enlightening replies/comments.
What does "secondhand stoke" mean? Or, is it a typo? Should it be "secondhand smoke"?
Thank you in advance for your enlightening replies/comments.
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Apr 13, 2010 05:57: Ildiko Santana changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/57515">Mohamad Rudi Atmoko's</a> old entry - "secondhand stoke"" to ""play on words: second-hand marijuana smoke/smoking""
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Ildiko Santana
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play on words: second-hand marijuana smoke/smoking
"Stoke" as well as "toke" : slang for smoking marijuana (weed, mary jane, herb, etc), so it is a play on words. (The verb "stoke" in slang can also mean enthusiastic, excited about something, so when you hear, "I'm stoked!" can mean both a sign of excitement or being high... that is, being under the influence of the drug. To be "toked" simply means high.) Here, it's a noun, "stoke" - the crafty combination of "smoke" and "toke."
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"Dutch tolerance" is a reference to the well-known fact that marijuana smoking is not considered punishable illegal drug use in the Netherlands as opposed to the majority of the European countries and the US (where it is about to be legalized BTW, so it can be taxed).
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"Dutch tolerance" is a reference to the well-known fact that marijuana smoking is not considered punishable illegal drug use in the Netherlands as opposed to the majority of the European countries and the US (where it is about to be legalized BTW, so it can be taxed).
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Comment: "Thanks a lot for your help :) Very enlightening!"
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smoke
It is a typo for second hand smoke coming from the whiff of marijuana.
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British Diana
: I think the meaning "stoke" is deliberate
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Colin Ryan (X)
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Stephanie Ezrol
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a joke or a pun on stoke/smoke
I had a vague memory of this, and found the following:
http://www.answers.com/topic/stoked
adj. Slang
1.Exhilarated or excited.
2.Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug.
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from the same web site:
adjective
Feeling a very strong emotion: atingle, excited, fired up, thrilled, worked up. Informal psyched. Slang turned-on. See excite/bore/interest.
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So your speaker got stoked (high from marijuana) even though he didn't plan to do so, by inhaling second hand smoke which gave him a second hand stoke.
http://www.answers.com/topic/stoked
adj. Slang
1.Exhilarated or excited.
2.Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug.
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Note added at 10 mins (2010-04-06 23:14:53 GMT)
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from the same web site:
adjective
Feeling a very strong emotion: atingle, excited, fired up, thrilled, worked up. Informal psyched. Slang turned-on. See excite/bore/interest.
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So your speaker got stoked (high from marijuana) even though he didn't plan to do so, by inhaling second hand smoke which gave him a second hand stoke.
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Mark Nathan
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Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
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Polangmar
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"fuel" bought in Amsterdam in order to resell
Yes, it's a pun. "Stoke" is a solid fuel (like coal or wood) suitable for chimneys.
Marijuana lovers like to call their favourite "weed" this way. It's very much connected to expression "to smoke like a chimney" - to smoke a lot (of cigarettes, joints).
Marijuana lovers like to call their favourite "weed" this way. It's very much connected to expression "to smoke like a chimney" - to smoke a lot (of cigarettes, joints).
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Reference:
a cigarette
stoke can also mean a cigarette
see http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stoke
see http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stoke
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Ildiko Santana
: In this context it is definitely not a cigarette, since he catches "a whiff of marijuana." If it resembles a cigarette but is rolled with marijuana, it is called a joint. If it is a joint that is rolled with some tobacco in it, it is called a spliff.
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I wasn't suggesting cigarette as an answer in this context, I was merely providing additional information for the asker
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British Diana
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thank you Diana
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