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comment by elizabeth

We don't use the word "pote" in Quebec, but I can't really remember what people say instead. "pot" is actually slang for weed. A lot of people say "bro", as in "Kes tu fais ce soir bro?" But that's probably just Montreal.





necroptosis  ·  3520 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Huh thats interesting, I'm sure those are carryover from the US. It seems like every other word I hear from some of my coworkers is "bro".

I never really thought about how odd of a word pot is for slang. I looked it up, it seems the leading theory is that it orginates from the spanish "potaciĆ³n de guaya"(shortened to potiguaya), or "drink of grief". A wine or brandy steeped with Marijuana.