A procedure in which the hair of an african-american boy is straightened through the use of potatoes, lye,vaseline,and soap. It is a mark of passage to adulthood and masculinity, because of the intense pain inherent in the process.
''Damn right, it's hot, thats the lye...it's going to burn when I comb it in--it burns bad...Shorty started combing it in. But then my head caught fire... The comb felt as if it was raking my skin off.''
--Autobiography of MalcolmX--
--Autobiography of MalcolmX--
by Marcus ''mother f'in'' Handy March 05, 2004
The car is conked out.
by Gumba Gumba March 12, 2004
a british term for nose, usually said when someone has a huge nose. or it can mean getting hit in a semi painful way- like bonked. or it can mean to fall asleep
by holyroman April 18, 2005
"I… hit him repeatedly on the conk. My reason for this was that his conk was covered with carbuncles, and I thought I should vex him by taking such liberties with his conk—which in fact I did."
-Quoted from Thomas de Quincey, "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts," first published 1827.
-Quoted from Thomas de Quincey, "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts," first published 1827.
by MaSh92587 March 09, 2006
by Cotton mate March 04, 2005
by Jenny June 25, 2003