2 definitions by ERUBBLE

Adjective.

Origin: Derived from the Ethiopian-centered belief system of Rastafarianism incorporated into American English via Jamaica with Patois influences.

Definition: (1) A state of being often, though not necessarily brought on by the consumption of quality marijuana, which is characterized by acute sensory perception, lucid cognition- sometimes in the 3rd person perspective - inspiration, introspection, creativity, deliberation, overstanding, ethereal tranquility, social symbiosis, tingling, the bee's knees, giddiness, fleetness, lightness. (2) The effect brought upon any time any person hears, or otherwise senses a natural mystic blowin' through the air. (3) In slang, the condition of being really, super stoned, like exceedingly baked.
Ex. 1
After visiting Bob Marley's mausoleum in Nine Mile, Jamaica and paying his respects, Ron, a huge, life-long fan of Bob Marley remarked to his tour guide that he felt different than when he went in, to which his guide responded, "Yeah, mon. You's irie, mon. This a special place, here. It make people feel like dat all da time, mon. True."

Ex. 2

At various points along their hike on the Kalalau Trail on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai's rugged, rainforested Na Pali Coast, the hikers felt quite irie, especially so when the rain showers passed, the clouds broke over the Pacific revealing the luminous turquoise sea, and a rainbow emerged, spanning the northern horizon.

Ex. 3
Curiously, Johnny, Billy, and Tommy, all of legal age and in possession of valid state-issued medical marijuana cards, decided they would spend April 20th seeing how much weed they could smoke and in how many different ways. By late-afternoon, remnants of cut up milk jugs, tubing, tin foil, and pizza hut strewn Billy's back yard, and the guys all were laying on their backs in the grass staring at the sky while Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon played for the 4th time, since somebody put "repeat" on and they were all too irie to get up to turn it off.
by ERUBBLE June 25, 2010
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the state of mind that emerges when all illusions- those in the conscious and subconscious mind- are removed; the intellectual state free from mis/disinformation, propaganda, lies, and deception; a grasp of the whole truth; human beings' natural state of mind undisturbed by the ego
(1) She overstands that minorities are relegated to middle and lower classes not because of aptitude, but because of the power elites' strategies and tactics to entrench themselves in their position of control over others. (2) He overstands that his inability to achieve success has little to do with his effort and ability, but moreso because he is different from those who are above him on the ladder towards success. (3) The Bush Administration's position on objective science was that it had to be distorted in order to prevent people from overstanding that marijuana is less harmful to the general welfare than alcohol.
by ERUBBLE October 19, 2009
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