wacky tobacky

[wak-ee tuh-bak-ee]

noun

Facetious Slang.

1. marijuana.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wacky tobacky¹

1970–75; rhyming compound < wacky ( def. ) + tobacky (an informal U.S. regional term for tobacco ( def. ) )

Example Sentences

Backed by a jazz trio and assisted by Michael Lanahan as a “hip news” reader, Mr. Broder, holding a cigarette that may or may not be wacky tobacky, throws himself into the routines.

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Wacky tobacky reflects one of the hottest political issues of recent years: legalizing marijuana.

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This week Brooks responded to Colorado and Washington state’s recent decriminalization of marijuana with a retrospective on his own experience smoking the wacky tobacky.

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