Cough Syrup: Promethazine with Codeine. A pharmaceutical and recreational drug also referred to by a variety of street names, such as sizzurp, purple stuff, drank, lean, and tussin. The street names may or may not refer to the straight cough syrup or the mixture of the syrup and soda, most commonly Sprite.
"No we don't run for the Olympics, but the flame wit us
We got that tussin, that scummy, and that Angle Dust"
--Lil' Wayne, "Stilettos," Dedication: Gangsta Grillz
v. To make a bottled liquid last longer by adding water and shaking the bottle, thereby collecting the residue from the sides of the bottle. From the 1999 Chris Rock Comedy special, "Bigger and Blacker," in which Rock explained his father's views on the healing power of Robitussin cough syrup and what to do if you run out of tussin.
1) Orig. Quote: "And if you bout to run out? Put water in it, shake it up, mo' Tussin!"
2) "Are you sure we're out of cough syrup? Did you mo' tussin it?"
Drinking an entire bottle of cough syrup in order to get high. This is because the active ingredient in cough syrup is codeine, a morphine derivative.
Named after Robitussin, a brand of cough syrup.
WARNING: Causes seriously bad trips much more often than good.
Jack: Hey, those guys are doing tussin, let's join in.
Jill: No way man, I ad a fucking nasty experience last time I did that. I'd seriously rather eat shit.