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the word that means both your nose and your skull, anatomically confused on purpose
means To conk is to hit someone (usually on the head), or as a noun, the nose or head itself — and 'conk out' means a machine or person suddenly stops working or falls asleep.
from British slang from the 19th century, likely a playful alteration of 'conch' — the big spiral shell — applied jokingly to a prominent nose for its similar bulging shape. The sense of 'hit on the head' followed naturally, and 'conk out,' for engines dying, emerged in the era of early aviation and motoring, possibly imitating the spluttering cough of a failing engine.
- slang nose
- British slang for a large or prominent nose
- to fail
- engines conk out when they suddenly quit
- hair process
- a harsh mid-century method of straightening Black hair
- a hit
- means a blow to the head too
- shell name
- conk also names a tree-shelf fungus
conk shell — large spiral shells from conchs found in caribbean and indo-pacific waters, used as horns and instruments
conk out — british slang from 1917 meaning to break down or stop working, popularized during wwi