A bong, or waterpipe, is a smoking device used to filter weed smoke. It can be made from any airtight container, with a proper downstem and bowl. Water is generally added to help with the filtration process.
Brick weed is a slang term for the process of compacting weed into bricks for efficient transport. The weed is compressed, so when the smoker receives it, nugs will be barely decipherable. Regs are usually brick weed.
Magic brownies are simply regular brownies with cannabis butter, or cannaoil, properly substituted in the recipe. Poor quality and low potency brownies contain plant material.
Bubble hash refers to hash that bubbles when smoked. usually 80-90%. It's produced via a sieving system that uses water, ice, and multiple screens. Can be made in a washing machine.
A chillum is a cylinder you smoke from. You put a screen in the front, pack it with weed, and just smoke away. It's one of the simplest smoking setups.
The term concentrate refers to any extract of THC and/or cannabinoids. This includes hash, hash oil, BHO, budder, wax, cannabutter/oil, full melt, etc.
A coner describes a rolling technique, where the rolling medium is shaped like a cone. The smaller side is the mouthpiece, while the large top is the cherry.
Full melt hash is a pure form of hashish, or bubble hash. It's given it's name due to it's nature to burn away completely, rather than leaving residue.
Ghosting/Gutterbomb is a smoking technique where smoke is kept in the mouth, slowly released, then sucked back in. The smoke releasing tends to look like a ghost, or big ball.
Ghosting can also refer to when you hold the smoke in so long no smoke can be seen on exhalation.
Hash is the product of concentrating cannabis trichomes. It's a paste-like substance that varies in color(golden, brown, to red) and texture(amberglass, budder, wax, etc).
A hash nail is the process of smoking hash from a screw or nail. To do it, simply place a screw/nail standing on a flat surface. Place the hash on the nail. And then grab a cup to fit over the nail, light the hash on fire, and place the cup over the nail so it fills with smoke. Once satisfied, turn off the burning hash and simply 'drink' the smoke. It's a more refined method of dropping hash on your stove and smoking it.
Hemp Wick
A hemp wick is a hemp rope dipped in beeswax. It's used for smoking, as a burning alternative(although it needs a spark itself!). It's one of the cleanest ways to smoke, and you get better flavor from your bud.
A hybrid cannabis plant is one grown from pollinating one strain with another. This can also refer to strain that's sativa and indica, usually at a set ratio(50/50, 80/20, etc).
Indica
Cannabis indica are plants that tend to grow 6-8ft in height, though generally shorter. It's leaves are short, but have wide green fingers. As it matures, the leaves develop more purple. It features short branches with dense nugs. And the nugs are quite stinky!
The indica high is a "body high". It's relaxing, and often accompanied by a body buzz. It's incredibly useful for pain relief and insomnia. An excellent night-time smoke.
Kush is a subset of strains of cannabis indica. They originate from the middle-east and India, with it's name derived from the "Hindu Kush" mountain range.
A percolator or perc is a small sub chamber inside of a bong that provides a smoke-water interaction via dissolution. It allows more filtering of the smoke through water. See a GIF.
Pistils are the long thin hairs that stick out of the nugs. They're produced in the preflowering stage to protect the plant from the elements. In colder environments the pistils turn purple. When the plant is cured, sometimes the pistils turn orange or red. When a plant is harvested prematurely the pistils will be white.
Cannabis ruderalis is a species of Cannabis that is auto-flowering, that is, flowering due to time rather than changes in light cycles. It's often crossed with an indica, sativa, or hybrid, to carry over the auto-flowering characteristics.
Cannabis sativa are plants that tend to grow 6-25ft in height, while commonly growing between 8-12ft. The leave are thin and light green, with more yellow pigment for protection against intense sunlight. The branches are long, and are accompanied by equally elongated nugs - sometimes stretching up to 3ft! Though the nugs aren't very dense. The pistils vary from yellow to orange to red.
The sativa high is more of a "mind high". It can be uplifting, and energetic. Since sativa's tend to have high THC content, they tend to be quite potent. Hallucinations are possible. An excellent day-time smoke.
A screen is usually a metal mesh(brass/titanium) or glass piece you place in a bowl to prevent plant matter and ash from getting pulled into the piece.
The plant material that falls off nugs in a jar, or a dry plant. Essentially ground up ganja, but not as potent. It usually differs in taste from the original nug/plant as well, and not in a good way.
A shotgun is the act of blowing smoke into another person's mouth. Usually done with a rolled medium, like a blunt, you place your mouth over the cherry and blow smoke out the mouthpiece.
A soldering iron is a tool that stoners use to vaporize. It can be used to smoke hash/concentrates, and by design won't burn as much of your THC away. Stoner's who are sensitive to butane gases or ignitions in general tend to use soldering irons for smoking. It's one of the more efficient ways to smoke.
Spliff
A spliff is a joint, usually with tobacco mixed with the weed, and occasionally in a cone shape.
THC or Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive substance found in cannabis. It's the part of the plant that gets you high, the crystals that end up in your kief.
A vaporizer is a smoking device that heats up to an exact temperature, allow the vaporizing of THC, while not burning the bud. It's the cleanest way to smoke.