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stoner

[stoh-ner] / ˈstoʊ nər /


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Those who refuted their work as simple stoner comedy were missing out on some of the more subversive critiques of America during the short but pivotal post-Vietnam, pre-Reagan era.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2026

If “The Big Lebowski” was a Raymond Chandler riff with a Los Angeles stoner for a protagonist, “Drive-Away Dolls” is their version of the 1955 noir “Kiss Me Deadly.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2024

Sheng Wang has a droll and relaxed delivery, which makes the focus and inventiveness of his material land even better — the happy chill of stoner musings contrasting with the rigor of precise observational comedy.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2022

The music includes speed metal by Extreme, some “Detroit Rock City,” stoner anthems by Musical Youth, one-hit wonders Dead or Alive and Falco.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2022

The stoner is usually built in direct combination with the cooling equipment, and does its work by means of a gravity separation in an upward-moving column of air.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Our heroes are outcasts and nerds, navigating a world of jocks, stoners and cool kids.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2022

But, as local historian Joe Nick Patoski said, one thing united hippies and rednecks, cowboys and stoners, slackers and geeks: music.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2020

In one sketch, they play 18th-century stoners recounting how awesome Mozart was on his 1763 tour, gushing like heavy-metal fans after an AC/DC concert.

From New York Times Jul. 15, 2016

Fire flames on my tongue; and though of old the Bactrian prophets were stoned, yet the stoners in oblivion sleep.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville

The fruit stoners, being the adventures of Maria among the fruit stoners. © 24Apr35; A81568.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office



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