HotForWords » Tighten Someone’s Wig http://hotforwords.com Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:55:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Nerd Word(s) of the Day: Tighten Someone’s Wig http://hotforwords.com/2009/04/20/nerd-words-of-the-day-tighten-someones-wig/ http://hotforwords.com/2009/04/20/nerd-words-of-the-day-tighten-someones-wig/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:21:35 +0000 HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4124 tightenIn honor of today being 420 and the fact that I’ve already done a video on the origin of 420, today’s Nerd Word(s) of the Day are:

Tighten Someone’s Wig: to give someone marijuana. 1940s, from the fact that the scalp has a tightening feeling sometimes when smoking pot.*

Can you think of other funny expressions related to smoking  pot?*

*HotForWords does not condone smoking pot nor does she condone putting wigs on small dogs!!!

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