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--
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To smash harder than youβve smashed before.
Hey, you wanna conk tonight?
Becky and Kyle conked last night, Kyle must have had at least 6 Monsters.
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1) one's nose
2) To be in a state of malfunction, due to factors other than wear and tear
The car is conked out.
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a slang alternative for a human, or other animal, head containing the brain at the topmost part of the body . Synonymous with {dome, melon, skull, noodle, bean, brain bucket, cranium, block, and munkus.
He hit his conk hard when he fell.
His conk sure is thick. Just look at that forehead!
Look at the size of that conk on his shoulders!!
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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
Look at that blokes conk!
He conked me on the head.
I conked out at about 3 am.
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A person who plays on a controller in Fortnite
Kingofbones900 is a Conk
Older British slang for "nose."
"Iβ¦ 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 conkβwhich in fact I did."
-Quoted from Thomas de Quincey, "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts," first published 1827.
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