A brown out is when use hard drugs enter a phase between being safe stable and not yet quite entering "passing out/ falling out" modes."Falling out" states include nodding out, falling asleep, so called asleep n beginning to die as lowered respiratory induces hypoxia, during a brown out may be awake conscious, so aware of breathing but may experience "kind of fluid floaty states" where blurs of vision, sense of "Idk maybe not slapped out of your carcass enuf to onset death, but have challenged to a specific middle point your spirit is debating it thus it sort of "stretchs" or "peeksabout". During which experience this "not quite blurs vision, but stars or other unexplainable changes to visuals occur. May include, onset of sleepiness. Hypothetically you just banged an speed inducing substance like cocaine soft or hard or possibly methamphetamine or other amphetamines. Paradoxically although the substance "speeding you" due to the circular system and heart being overwhelmed maybe this causes a lightness sensation. Because your riding a thin line between having a good time and dying bro. Brownouts are moments "feel a little stupider. Not quite handicapped, but intellectually critical capacity "think as you do atypically" has "wound down". Not quite the "dumb" feeling other drugs or getting "shit slizzered" but like your mind is lighter. Possibly due to the "soul stretchy bit".
I shot a half gram of that imported high grade substance X at Y's pad, yo I had to lay on the floor for like 3 hours! I was in a total brown out. I think I heard voices from my other lives but it was all good man. Whoa brown outs are weird man. Ima put down the point for a while.
by Fallopiantape August 28, 2019

by sonic the hedge March 7, 2022

by ThePMG July 14, 2024

or Browning out (verb)
to shit yourself in a major way or even to have a large gaseous shit worthy fart
to shit yourself in a major way or even to have a large gaseous shit worthy fart
by NanTheMemeMan September 19, 2023

A brown out is when you have a very bad case of diarrhea when you go to the toilet and when you stand from releasing the mud monster the whole of the toilet bowl is covered in diarrhea given the name "Brown out"
by SpookySkele October 25, 2017

When you experience a near miss accident that could easily result in death and soil yourself out of shock.
by JC360 February 5, 2023

When you drink alcohol until you’re blacked out, smoke so much you’re greened out, and then add a third unknown chaotic substance (a tab, a bump, or whatever your buddy hands you)… and next thing you get so fucked up, you're on the floor, you shit yourself, you start sweating, shaking, and rolling around in your shit.
"Bro I almost browned out last night, I'll spare you the details but I woke up in a bathtub."
Person 1: "bro did you see the video of Jackson?"
Person 2: "No, what happened?"
Person 1: "Poor guy browned out in the bathtub. Such a mess."
Person 2: "No wonder I heard screams coming from the upstairs bathroom last night."
Person 1: "Yeah we just found him like that: browning out. He was whispering to himself."
Person 2: "We need to ban him from mixing again."
Person 1: "bro did you see the video of Jackson?"
Person 2: "No, what happened?"
Person 1: "Poor guy browned out in the bathtub. Such a mess."
Person 2: "No wonder I heard screams coming from the upstairs bathroom last night."
Person 1: "Yeah we just found him like that: browning out. He was whispering to himself."
Person 2: "We need to ban him from mixing again."
by HelpImBrowingOut July 13, 2025
