What is the meaning of 420? The history and origin of the 4:20 term and meme EXPLAINED

What does 420 mean? Who started the use of term? Not only is 420 a number but it is slang that has a whole different meaning! April 20 is even a holiday in some circles!

No doubt if you have spent anytime online you have come across 420! 420 is something that has been known for a very long time. If you smoke or have smoked weed you quickly become aware of 420 and its meaning. In today’s digital world 420 has made the jump from stoner slang to internet and meme slang where it is often used in ways that aren’t always directed towards weed and used by people of all ages from across the world. Where did the term come from and how did this all start? Today for this special day we explore the meaning and origin of it all.

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50 Comments

  1. The Void on April 15, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    It’s April 4th 2019, That memes were in 420 either way.



  2. Source YT on April 15, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    I was watching this and my video froze at 4:20
    That’s ironic



  3. Anonymous coder on April 15, 2019 at 9:29 pm

    4:20



  4. REUBEN FOX on April 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    Wasnt long
    Reply if u understand



  5. A cool guy 20805 on April 15, 2019 at 9:32 pm

    kys



  6. Karkat Vantas on April 15, 2019 at 9:32 pm

    Everyone is talking about spongebob?



  7. HayderonDaCyclone on April 15, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    4:20



  8. IRTG2006 on April 15, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    I’m going to have my first weed on 420



  9. Caramel on April 15, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    6:42 THAAAT’S JUUUUST A THEORY



  10. graycloud057 on April 15, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    Hey wow man far out. Dave’s not here.



  11. the game project on April 15, 2019 at 9:38 pm

    SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY



  12. 1di0tz 4ever on April 15, 2019 at 9:39 pm

    4/20 means april 20th and hitlers birthday was on april 20th



  13. Realme C1 on April 15, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    Remember remember the 5th of November



  14. Thales Schuster on April 15, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    Weed is super dangerous!



  15. EVERYDAY RICH on April 15, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    If you did this in 4 minutes and 20 Seconds I would have been impressed …



  16. she got my heart in her hands on April 15, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    weed=marijuana ?



  17. Skylar Reese-Cummimgs on April 15, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    That’s Bakugou Katsuki’s birthday… Explains alot



  18. Ngangam Haolai on April 15, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    Yo wht the hell its actually 4:20 pm here……

    Not lying



  19. peeonthepenski !!! on April 15, 2019 at 9:46 pm

    Gets gud at 4:20



  20. Krypton. on April 15, 2019 at 9:47 pm

    4:20



  21. Sub Six on April 15, 2019 at 9:48 pm

    What’s funny is he posted this thing at April 20 04/20



  22. Editor MICRO on April 15, 2019 at 9:48 pm

    Hitler was born on 4/20/1889



  23. Robert Berryman on April 15, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    Maybe one of those California kids was watching the ancient sitcom ‘Burns & Allen’, because there is a clear reference to things getting fucked up at 4:20 about a decade or so before those kids thought of it. In the episode where Mrs. Sohmers’ psychiatrist is visited incidentally by Gracie Allen, the doctor is so concerned by the crazy things Gracie says that he practically follows her home, purely because he can’t believe anyone could be so confused over the simplest details of life. He finds Harry von Zell wearing George’s monogrammed robe, and thus believes Harry is George. As Harry is trying to explain who he really is, George walks into the room, immediately apprises the situation and greets "George" (Harry). Gracie enters the room and busts them in front of the doctor, then leaves. The doctor asks George why he did that, and George answers "it’s 20 past 4, so now HE gets to be George and I get to be Harry!"



  24. not a hypebeast on April 15, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    Thing is I want to be that stoned sloth



  25. Azure on April 15, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    When you noscope in MLG you get 420 points lmao



  26. Aqua Ratty on April 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm

    4:20



  27. fnaf fan78 on April 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm

    you mean memes are kush



  28. The Gabriel and Nicholas Show on April 15, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    4:20!!!!!



  29. Source YT on April 15, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    I was watching this and my video froze at 4:20
    That’s ironic



  30. Aydee Marmolejos on April 15, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    i love how there was just coughing in the backround



  31. XxavacadosxX on April 15, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    I thought it was a refrence to columbine



  32. ExoticGaming_ 808 on April 15, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    4:20



  33. Amjad Alshaar on April 15, 2019 at 9:59 pm

    yo im the 800 k view

    thank me later



  34. WeAreNumber15 on April 15, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    This came In my recommended at 4:20 pm.



  35. Source YT on April 15, 2019 at 10:02 pm

    I was watching this and my video froze at 4:20
    That’s ironic



  36. Cookies XD on April 15, 2019 at 10:04 pm

    4:20



  37. SL !CK on April 15, 2019 at 10:07 pm

    Omg 4:20 made me laugh



  38. Orie Dayan on April 15, 2019 at 10:10 pm

    Lol i had to turn this shit off bruh its pronounced S-Ann Ruff-el San Rafael



  39. SUB 2 PEWDIEPIE NOW!! UNSUB T-SERIES PLZ on April 15, 2019 at 10:11 pm

    Y isn’t this vid 4:20 long? LOL GET IT



  40. DS Gameplays on April 15, 2019 at 10:12 pm

    Lol the upload date



  41. Seamus white on April 15, 2019 at 10:12 pm

    My Birthday is 4:20



  42. Valac on April 15, 2019 at 10:14 pm

    4:20 meme review.. srsly



  43. Queen Me on April 15, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    My favourite part was 50:00



  44. Banana on April 15, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    Watched this a 4:20

    Officially Dank



  45. Tyreek King on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    Do Kermit the frog memes



  46. BountyThePaperTowel on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    When I was watching this it was 4:20 no lie



  47. mgcn. TGC1003 on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    4:20



  48. IPM Coffee on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    It’s 4:17



  49. fgalaviz00 on April 15, 2019 at 10:20 pm

    420 originates from the Saturnalian Occult magic number 42, from early days of witchcraft



  50. Skoots on April 15, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    The dumbasses with all those face tattoos and retarded shit like that don’t even know what fucking year it is. No fucking wonder they don’t know what a person is.