Colitas question

[JesseA]

Hello, I was listening to Hotel California with my freind when he asked what does Colitas mean. I could think of about 6 or 7 different meanings but am not sure which one it is. I'm not bothered by it I would just like to know.

[Digit]

Never heard of the word.
Did you maybe mean Colitis.... an inflammatory bowel disease?

[iamthe_eggman]

umm... no... I believe the line is "Warm smell of colitas risin' up through the air..."

I would imagine it's a food of sorts. Definitely a Spanish word.

[b_hoves]

Colitis in Mexican means ‘little tail’ or ‘little bud’, witch I think is a reference to smoking a bud of marijuana.

[basics]

Apparently it's dope.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_001.html

[basics]

haha, beat me.

[chris mood]

ahhh,
I always thought they were referring to an alchoholic beverage, like Pina Colita

[b_hoves]

Originally posted by chris mood
ahhh,
I always thought they were referring to an alchoholic beverage, like Pina Colita

yeah same, but i thought that i should do a Net search just in case, then i found that straight dope site...

[Tank_Simmons]

The inflammatory bowel disease fits too though........"Warm smell of colitis rising in the air." That prolly smells like **** bro.