Glossary

Boof

Plain-English definition, aliases (boof weed, brown bud), and slang context.

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aka boof weed / brown bud

Boof refers to low-quality, often poorly cured or improperly stored cannabis — brown buds, harsh smoke, low potency. It's the opposite of zaza or top-shelf. The same term in some traffic-stop and pet contexts can also mean to swallow or ingest something illicitly, but in cannabis it means bad weed.

Example: I'm not paying $40 an eighth for boof.

Etymology: Likely a 1990s-era slang adoption from broader cannabis vernacular meaning 'low quality.'