green out

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English

Etymology

From the association of marijuana with the colour green.

Verb

green out (third-person singular simple present greens out, present participle greening out, simple past and past participle greened out)

  1. (slang) To feel unwell or get sick as a result of using an excessive amount of cannabis.
    • 2013 September 30, Bridget Forbes, “Cocaine, pot used by Winnipeg kids at younger ages”, in CBC:
      "I knew maybe four people who had 'greened out' in the cafeteria," said a recent graduate.
    • 2022 April 20, Ross Buchanan, “Why You Sometimes Feel Sick or Vomit After Smoking Weed”, in Vice:
      Grinspoon finishes with some sage advice on the best way to avoid greening out: "Keep the doses low and know yourself. If it happens to you, try to do a postmortem on what happened, like: 'Was there alcohol involved? Was there nicotine involved?' Was I overtired? Did I take five puffs when I usually take two puffs?'"
    • 2022 April 29, “Girls and their boobs — in that order”, in Yale Daily News:
      Either way, by the middle of our conversation, she knew about how I woke up crying the night before because I dreamed of a mischief of rats living under my bed, that I'm in my "I-love-men era," how I’m grateful that I greened out on edibles and dissociated for two weeks because I think that it was the catalyst for my ego death []

Noun

green out (plural green outs)

  1. Alternative form of greenout
    • 2022 October 7, Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, “Mixing Weed And Alcohol? Crossfading Does This To Your Body”, in Discover Magazine:
      Alcohol's role as a diuretic increases the risk for dehydration. Throw in some pot and your risk of dehydration increases, especially if you vomit during a green out.

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