English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of ganja +‎ entrepreneur.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡænd͡ʒəpɹəˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /ˌɡɑnd͡ʒəpɹəˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /ˌɡɑnd͡ʒəpɹəˈnʊə(ɹ)/

Noun edit

ganjapreneur (plural ganjapreneurs)

  1. (informal) An entrepreneur in the business of selling marijuana in regions where it has been legalized.
    • 2010, Nick J. Druga, II, NickSilly's Book About Nothing, page 122:
      Announcer: “A true Ganjapreneur, you combined the lost art of door-to-door sales with a stupid idea you had while you were stoned.”
    • 2012, Doug Fine, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution:
      In soothing his remaining neighbors, Tomas's goal was both to ensure that no one placed a jittery call to the snitch line that the county still maintained, and, more generally, to be a legal ganjapreneur diplomat.
    • 2015, Dorothea Benton Frank, Carolina Girls:
      [] She's a real ganjapreneur! Look what she bought me for a wedding present!” He pulled up his sleeve and there on his scrawny arm hung a Rolex the size of Big Ben.
    • 2016, Jasper Stohner, 101 Money Making Methods in the Marijuana Madness Movement of 2016:
      Some free advice for all you ganjapreneurs – get your books in order, keep good records, and remember that the IRS is years behind in audits.