[civilian]

I know there's been an effort to use the word "Cannabis" as a way to sound legitimate, instead of pot/weed/marijuana. Do you react better to 'cannabis'?

[protomyth]

You're right, I don't react better at all. They should stick with saying "THC and related compounds" instead. Its basically the same argument I have for the thorium folks, do not use "reactor" or "nuclear" in any naming or marketing.

[tgb]

The word "nuclear" was dropped from MRI (nee NMRI) to improve its influence. And, surprisingly, I was even able to find significant documentation of this fact [1], I was honestly expecting it to be folklore at best. Though my own research [2] kind of contradicts the idea that 'nuclear' was ever a popular part of the name. Or maybe it was [3], I dunno.

[1] http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?ar... [2] https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=NMRI%2CMRI%2C+... [3] https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nuclear+magnet...

[civilian]

I like it. I'm going to start referring to GMOs as "Advanced Varieties" and PHP as "Clarified Perl". :D

[tim333]

Not sure that's going to wash with Thorium. Thorium reactors are very much full on nuclear reactors whatever you call them.

(See the decomissioning section on the 1964-1969 Oak Ridge thorium reactor if you think they are problem free https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment...)

[mjevans]

Sort of like my own personal stance on 'breeder reactors' being 'waste reduction reactors'.

The problem with most of that 'waste' (at least the non-byproducts kind) is that it's exactly that, actual waste instead of burnt fuel.

[fapjacks]

What about "spent nuclear waste reactors"? It's a big long-winded, but fully conveys that it runs on spent nuclear waste. I suppose it could be parsed weirdly.

[yarou]

I think the word you're looking for is cannabinoids. You don't call opiates "morphine and related compounds".

[protomyth]

True, but morphine and opiates in a known bad along with cannabinoids not sounding much better. Acronyms and "compounds" don't set off the hate generally.

[mistercow]

I don't see a strong argument that "THC" is any better. Everyone knows what THC is.

[protomyth]

You'd be surprised (very surprised - its almost a dihydrogen monoxide thing in reverse), and truly acronyms get more respect.

[reitanqild]

Depends on your definition of everyone. I for one trigger significantly less on THC.

It can also be argued that THC sounds more like a synthesised or refined version consisting of the active ingredients.