Roach (drug culture)

In US slang a roach is term for the remainder of a joint or blunt 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.fact|date=April 2008

In Europe, a roach is a type of tube at the end of the joint or spliff to stop burning of the tongue, and the mix from being sucked into the mouth. These are small strips of cardboard, often torn off packets of "skins" (papers). 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.fact|date=April 2008

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. [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/roach http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/roach - Definitions from Dictionary.com ] ] Real Academia de la lengua Española dictionary entry [ [http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?LEMA=tabaco#tabaco_cucarachero. Real Academia Española. Diccionario Usual ] ]

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