No, it's not engaging in
fisticuffs with toasty
mitts.
Hot-boxing is, instead, the practice of occupying an enclosed
space, singly or in a comfortably sized group, and therein smoking
marijuana so as to maximize the impact through an enhanced degree of inhalation and re-inhalation of both first and second hand smoke. Spaces documented to provide the appropriate recirculation effect include: an
automobile, a small
room, (most effectively a walk-in
closet or
pantry type space), an
elevator, an old-timey
telephone booth, or a stopped
revolving door. Some not-so-good choices include
refrigerators (you could, like, die in a genuinely airtight space), a coffin (you could already be dead), and
Wayne Manor (not enclosed enough; also home of
Batman, who frowns on recreational marijuana usage, though he secretly thinks pot ought to be legalised so the cops can go after the harder stuff).
Hot-boxing is referenced in
Questionable Content strip #749, when the cops who gather up the Vespa Avenger, captured by Dora, Faye, and Marten (sort of), inform the arrested suspect that they will be doing so on the ride back to the
precinct.