bogart

(slang verb) to keep something all for oneself, thus depriving anyone else of having any. a slang term derived from the last name of famous actor humphrey bogart because he often kept a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, seemingly never actually drawing on it or smoking it. often used with weed or joints but can be applied to anything.
“don’t bogart that blunt man, p-ss that over here!”
v. to hog something which is supposed to be shared, e.g., a bone or controller.
n. a person who bogarts
n. the act of bogarting.
quit bogarting the j, foo. p-ss that sucka.
verb. to selfishly hold on to something. jocular usage heard amongst smokers of marijuana.
come on frank! don’t bogart that joint, we all want to get stoned sometime tonight.
humphrey bogart smoked all those cigarettes. he died from lung cancer. when you hang onto a joint and let it burn without sharing, you look like bogart with his perennial smoke dangling from his lips. the term had no popularity until it became a hit song in the 1970’s.
don’t bogart that joint
lyrics: lawrence wagner
music: elliot ingber

played by little feat’s paul barrere and bill payne with phil & friends. the original verson (on the soundtrack of “easy rider”) was by fraternity of man. it was subsequently covered by little feat.

chorus
don’t bogart that joint my friend
p-ss it over to me
don’t bogart that joint my friend
p-ss it over to me

roll another one
just like the other one
you’ve been holding on to it
and i sure will like a hit

chorus

roll another one
just like the other one
that one’s burned to the end
come on and be a real friend

chorus

to hog; to take something considered common property and not share with others
dude, don’t bogart the nachos!
to selfishly control something, refuse to share.
we all paid for it for crying out loud, quit bogarting the keg!
to use up/hold on to something long after your share is consumed/turn is over. alternatively, to take control away from the person whose turn it is.
“dave had included a link to a new york times article, and murphy bogarted the mouse in order to click on it as quickly as possible.”
— from “into the fire,” by suzanne brockmann (ballantine books, 2008)

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