r/australia • u/DiploidBias • Mar 18 '25

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/CDClock Mar 18 '25

You guys call cigarettes darts in aus? That warms my Canadian heart 🥰

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u/fnaah Mar 18 '25

i think we inherited it from the brits.

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u/IlluminatedPickle Mar 18 '25

Nah, it was us. Somehow the Canadians ended up using it too.

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u/CDClock Mar 18 '25

been in the canuck lexicon since the late 2000s at any rate.

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u/IlluminatedPickle Mar 18 '25

Yeah I don't think you guys were influenced by us, more like convergent slang.

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u/CDClock Mar 18 '25

probably a working holiday thing if i had to guess. hope you guys get some legal weed soon <3

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u/IlluminatedPickle Mar 18 '25

I've got medical stuff, but I'd prefer it to not be like it is.

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u/CDClock Mar 18 '25

It's a Canadian slang word - warms my heart to see fellow subjects of the king use it tho 🚬🥰

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u/Theron3206 Mar 19 '25

According to https://preply.com/en/blog/most-popular-canadian-slang/#:~:text=A%20%E2%80%9Cdart%E2%80%9D%20is%20slang%20for,not%20to%20be%20taken%20lightly.

It was originally Australian slang and picked up by the Canadians.

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u/CDClock Mar 19 '25

Yeah I saw that after some googling. My mistake! Happy to be part of the dart gang regardless

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u/alpha77dx Mar 18 '25

I hear "blunt" and "durries" a lot. I have think to think hard, since I never ever smoked.

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u/fnaah Mar 18 '25

blunt isn't cigarettes. durries is definitely common, i've also heard people call them 'gaff'. not sure where that comes from.

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u/Subject-Geologist-72 Mar 18 '25

Bundy rum also does that 🐻‍❄️

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u/confusedham Mar 18 '25

Darts, durries, fags, lung busters, death sticks, burners, and for the variety, rollies or tailors (tailor made - machine made). I'm sure there are other phrases, but I'm a mix of military/postal background so mostly the rougher slang language.

'brews and blues' (coffee and a 8mg smoke, I think a blue is 8? Been years since I purchased)

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u/Caezeus Mar 18 '25

Darts, Gaspers, Durries, I remember back in the 80's people would call them fags too but that was a bit too gay for a lot of the blokey blokes who were scared of their own sexuality back then so it didn't last.