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420
/fôrˈtwen(t)ē/
nouninformal•US
noun: 420; noun: 4-20; noun: four-twenty
used to refer to marijuana or to the act of smoking marijuana.
"a 420-friendly hotel"
April 20th (4/20), considered as an occasion for smoking or celebrating the smoking of marijuana.
"thousands of marijuana smokers converged on Hippie Hill for the annual 420 celebration"
Origin
1970s: apparently coined as a code word by high school students in San Rafael, California in 1971 with reference to 4.20 p.m., the time at which they regularly met to try to locate an unattended plot of cannabis plants.
also time did a nice peace on it.
https://time.com/4292844/420-april-20-marijuana-pot-holiday-history/