pothead

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Recent Examples of pothead The streamer then released the Illana Glazer: Human Magic in December, which delved into Glazer’s awkward high school years and raising a family as a pothead. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025 Jim Jones has opened up about recently experiencing sobriety for the first time in over three decades, as the unabashed pothead recently had to give up the vice for an extended period. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Julie has nice conversations with Kenny and Randall, and is on the road to full pothead at this point. Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for pothead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothead
Noun
  • Missing entirely is anyone like Tommy Chong’s nudist stoner yak.
    Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • They were pigeonholed for years as stoner jokesters writing one-liners before smoking their next bowl.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Later, another encounter with James leads both of them to the aforementioned house as the druggie is looking to get rich quick with the $50,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the kids.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Of the three leads, Rahim is the most unrecognizable, having gone full Jared Leto-in-Dallas Buyers Club to portray a druggie at the very end of his tether.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
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
  • Let the record show, however, that the 22-year-old power/speed freak has not slowed down.
    Andy Behrens, New York Times, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • How many ex-addicts get to do that?
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • His father also was an addict, right, [and] addiction is pervasive in family genealogical trees.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Dane Cordes was an adrenaline junky and, according to those who knew him, was someone who liked fast cars, fast bikes, water sports and skydiving.
    Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
  • Adding to the festivities, adrenaline junkie Travis Pastrana is preparing a surprise stunt to open the main card broadcast.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026

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“Pothead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothead. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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