Word of the Day – Pakalolo

Pakalolo (noun)

pak-a-loo-loo

A potent variety of marijuana grown in Hawaii.

1970s. From Hawaiian pakalōlō, literally ‘crazy tobacco’ from paka tobacco (probably from English bacca or bacco) + lōlō paralyzed, numb, feeble-minded.

Example sentences

“That pakalolo lives up to its name.”