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Seems like a strange thing to go around correcting people on. I didn't even know it was supposed to be a police code, it's just some silly code word for weed th
by look_lookatme 7y ago
Seems like a strange thing to go around correcting people on. I didn't even know it was supposed to be a police code, it's just some silly code word for weed that like 85% of American english speakers understand to mean weed.
- slap_shot 7y agoI, for one, always thought 420 was a reference to a police code for possession (similar to 187 for homicide). Eidiran's post just led me to a few posts about it, and I found this article where you can see a video of the guys back at the exact place of their high school they met at 4:20. I really enjoyed this. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-420-code-The-high-larious-definitive-story-12849127.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-420-code-The... Depending on how one spent their high school afternoons, it might bring back memories :)
- quasarj 7y agoThe linked article made this claim, so it's perfectly fine to debunk it here.