# Mids

> Mids is slang for middle-grade flower: not bad, not great, priced between budget and top-shelf, and often used as a put-down.

- Canonical: https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/mids.html
- Also written: mid, mid-grade, middies, midgrade, mid weed
- Glossary category: Grower slang and culture
- Status: Draft: awaiting expert review · Updated: 2026-10-31
- Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), attribute "GenetixBay cannabis glossary"

Mids is slang for middle-quality flower: decent, cheaper than premium, unremarkable in aroma and [looks](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/bag-appeal.md). Calling something "mid" is now general slang for mediocre.

## In practice

The tiers are loosely defined and vary by region and decade. Flower usually lands in the mids tier for reasons of growing and handling rather than genetics: harvested early or late, dried too fast, [cured](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/curing.md) badly, stored warm, or handled roughly so [trichomes](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/trichome.md) fell off. The same cultivar grown and cured well can be [top-shelf](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/top-shelf.md).

Mids can also be honest value: plain-looking flower with a good dry and cure often smokes better than flashy flower with a rushed one.

## Don't confuse with

- **Brick weed**: compressed, seeded, usually below mids.
- **Shake**: loose fragments, a form rather than a grade.
- **Larf**: small, airy lower buds, often sold as mids.

## Related terms

[Top shelf](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/top-shelf.md), [Brick weed](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/brick-weed.md), [Zaza](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/zaza.md), [Bag appeal](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/glossary/bag-appeal.md)

## Read more

- [Buyer beware: potency labels, strain names and other claims that don't hold up](https://genetixbay.com/knowledge/basics/buyer-beware-label-claims.md)