contagion;'s definitions

fixe

Portuguese (and crossover) word for cool/having quality

pronounced feesh

Ja fostes a Lisboa? É mesmo fixe!

Have you been to Lisbon? That place is fixe.

by contagion; July 12, 2009

Ironbound

The Ironbound/Down Neck is a part of Newark with a huge Portuguese population.
Every year 500,000 people gather on Ferry St (the main commercial street) for the Portugal Day Feast. Keep in mind that the entire population of Newark is around 280,000.

1: I'm going to Newark today.

2: Foda-se! You wanna get killed?

1: Oh no dude, I'm going to the Ironbound.

2. Oh alright, take it easy.

by contagion; January 22, 2008

joint

1. A marijuana cigarette
2. any place or thing
3. Prison

1. We rolled that dub in a joint.

2. a) You wanna hit up that fried chicken joint?

b) "This film is A Spike Lee joint." - credits of Spike Lee films

3. My dude got 8 years in the joint for assault.

by contagion; April 5, 2009

maconha

The Brazilian Portuguese word for marijuana. It is not used in Portugal.

cannabis, weed, bud, pot, reefer, maryjane, ganja, buddha, etc

Estamos fumando maconha.

by contagion; February 6, 2008

zoop

A verb used to describe the feeling you get when someone is embarrassing themselves to the point where it is just embarrassing to even watch. It's a horrible, nerve racking feeling.

John: Did you see Cody screaming at the top of his lungs last class?

James: Of course. Everyone was zooped.

by contagion; February 19, 2010

lay my head

sleep

This right here is where I lay my head.

by contagion; November 8, 2009

All day

means "often"

Mostly used hand in hand with anything that has positive quality.

Do you use marijuana?

All day, every day.

by contagion; September 19, 2009