griefo
American
[gree-foh]
/ ˈgri foʊ /
Also
griffo
noun
Slang.
Etymology
Origin of griefo
< Mexican Spanish grifa; compare grifo “marijuana user,” apparently the same word as grifo “curly-haired, tap, spigot, griffin 1 ” (sense development unclear, but perhaps parallel to that of kinky ); cf. griffe 1, reefer 2
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