Roach (drug culture)
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In US slang a Roach is term for the remainder of a joint after most has been smoked. A Roach can be smoked further through use of a roach clip, or by stuffing it in the screened crater of a one-hitter. They are often discolored to a yellow-brown by the build-up of resin and so will burn slower than the rest of the joint.[citation needed]
In Europe, a Roach is a type of tube at the end of the joint or spliff to stop the burning of the tongue. These are small bits of cardboard, often torn off the side of a cigarette paper box[citation needed]. However in central and eastern Canada where this practice is also commonly followed, the rolled up cardboard is simply referred to as a filter, despite the fact that it doesn't filter the smoke at all.[citation needed]
[edit] Etymology
The word "roach" entered American English from a Mexican Spanish slang word for marijuana (the name "marijuana" itself originated in Mexican Spanish), or a cigarette stub of marijuana, or tobacco adulterated with marijuana: cucaracha ("cockroach"; see also the folk song La Cucaracha.) In Spanish, tabaco de cucaracha refers to adulterated tobacco generally.[1]Real Academia de la lengua Española dictionary entry[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/roach - Definitions from Dictionary.com
- ^ Real Academia Española. Diccionario Usual
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