pothead

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Recent Examples of pothead Breakout star Snoop still entices a mindless constituency through partisan pothead epithets that might even embarrass RINOs on the GOP debate stage. Armond White, National Review, 15 Nov. 2023 Most people see the humor in it, and the way the woozy sonic touches play into the exploits of a pothead. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2023 He was suspended for nearly three seasons and became a national punchline as the pothead who threw away his career. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 To impress her office crush Colin (Dylan O’Brien), a callow pothead-turned-globe-trotting influencer with a grotty Pete Davidson-esque charisma, Danni concocts a phony invitation to a writers retreat in Paris. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for pothead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothead
Noun
  • George Clinton, interviewed in the film, says that the two were crackheads together.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The New York Post is like having the New York Times summarized for you by a crackhead.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Each of the many phishing centers answers to Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson), a douchey 28-year-old rich-kid cokehead who tools around his office on a skateboard in extraordinarily ugly outfits (that puke-green suit!) and bad highlights.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • It was rumored Pacino’s character was a cokehead, something Pacino and Mann have copped to in recent years.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • By comparison, these two men and their early brand of sweet-but-raunchy stoner comedy had managed to evolve and survive the vicissitudes of time, taste and social attitude, even as not every joke — nor every career among their cohort — survived with them.
    Austin Considine, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Once seen as something lazy stoners used and a sign of the decline of civilization, it has now been embraced by such staid organizations as AARP and the Food and Drug Administration.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • These were the cool kids and hipsters, the desperate and burned out, the visionaries and druggies.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
  • She was stoned and trying to alibi Reed, but Harry wrote her off as a lying druggie.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Yet in that regard, the instantaneous torque of electric propulsion could still provide enough thrust to satisfy speed freaks driving a production Sollei.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The Ultima line was designed for speed freaks looking to enjoy quick getaways in comfort and style.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023

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“Pothead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothead. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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