wacky tobacky

noun

wacky to·​backy -tə-ˈba-kē How to pronounce wacky tobacky (audio)
slang
: marijuana
If the War on Drugs gave us nothing else, it at least provided some enduringly quotable anti-drug ads. An entire generation fondly recalls the TV spot where a dad confronts his son over some wacky tobacky, asking, "Who taught you how to do this stuff?"Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, January 2015
Cops responding to a report of a marijuana farm on the roof of a Brooklyn building didn't find the wacky tobacky they were looking for—just tomato plants, police and witnesses said Wednesday.Thomas Tracy, Joseph Stepansky, The New York Daily News, 8 May 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wacky tobacky was in 1976

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“Wacky tobacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wacky%20tobacky. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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