dosia

n. marijuana. Subjects: English, United States, Drugs, Slang

Editorial Note: There appears to be no connection to the detergent of the same name, nor to the Indian food dish which is usually spelled dosai.

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Citations: 1995 Luniz Operation Stackola (song) (July 3) “I Got 5 On It”: I’m da roller/that’s quick to fold a blunt out of a buncha sticky dosia/hold up, suck up my weed is all you do. 1999 [Eric Johnson (ej@ebicom.net)] Usenet: alt.games.cheats (Nov. 26) “Look At The Golf Ball And Grin!”: If we could all take the time to educate our children, to avoid smokin’ the dosia, and to better ourselves, this world would be hundreds of times better than it is now. 2000 [uhuru7 (uhuru7@pacbell.net)] Usent: rec.music.hip-hop (Feb. 16) “Dinky (Some L.A. Street Knowledge…)”: What, you think ‘Rips just roll through ‘Ru or Blood hoods and get out they cars , fuck with blood females, hit up, drink, and hit dosia on Damu blocks and Bloods dont react? *2004 [Christopher Abad] Ambient Empire (California) (Nov. 11) “Bay Area Slang”: dosia n.—The marijuana, the weed, the pot or the hut. So no matter what you call it, grab those zig-zags and roller-up a twamp sack of that dosia.

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Reader comments:

I have just found this website and I want to say that my name is “Dosia” does that mean that I am bad? They say don’t use marijuana well then don’t use “Dosia”

by Dosia Bailey 28 Aug 06, 0333 GMT

My niece’s name is Dosia. She was named after an ancestor Theadosia. I feel you, Dosia. You are not bad. Anybody with the name Dosia (if you are anything like my niece) is amazing! Not sure why people use the word ‘dosia’ for marijuana. Why do people use words like “dank”, “Mary Jane”, and others?

In love,
Dosia’s uncle

by Ani 04 Sep 06, 0153 GMT

Wish I had an answer for “why” but “dank” seems more apropriate than using personal names. Always hoped I would be remembered but this is a little ridiculous!!

by Dosia Bailey 04 Sep 06, 1144 GMT

I always thought they got it from indonesia, which is a strain of marijuana. My daughters name is Dosia, and it is a beautiful name I must say. In greek in means Devinely given, from the root name Theadosia.

by Dosia's mom 06 Oct 06, 0257 GMT

My nickname is Dosia, and, being from Oakland, California, where using it as slang for marijuana started, I can shed a bit of light. The term is too old for me personally to recall ( Im almost 30), as there are songs which mention it such as “The Sideshow” by local legend Richie Rich which date as far back as 1989 (when I was 11 I didn’t know much about drug culture, sorry…). The best guess one could put forth involves the name ‘Indonesia’(a strain of marijuana) being ‘flipped’ over and over, broken apart and put back together in a way that was ‘fly’, or appealing. ‘Do-sia’ was easily and quickly garnered from this process and, just like any slang term deemed acceptable by the circle from which it was derived, it was disseminated into the greater community.

by Dosia 23 Jan 07, 0813 GMT

The Name Dosia is Derived from the word Dosha which is the same place the word Dosa and Dosia is derived (they are indian pancakes) Anyhow yes the Word Dosia is for pot. But according to some indian lore There are three Doshas to human health. The 3 main doshas are: Vata (combination of the space and air elements), Pitta (analogous to the fire element), and Kapha (combination of water and earth elements).

by Robert 11 Oct 07, 0207 GMT