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Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

0 posted 2004-08-11 06:24 PM

Just decided to be a dictionary for a change.

I Am A Dictionary

You look into my folded pages-
Looking for knowledge
Looking for the meaning of colorful words.
Good old Daniel Webster
thought it would make life easier
if we all could understand the English language.
I see you are looking for the meaning of Punk or Punke
Pronunciation:Pungk.
Turn my pages back in time and we will learn the meaning
of this fascinating word.
Shakespearean slang punke is a word for prostitute.
Updating to this modern era punk refers to followers of punk culture and
music.
In prison slang punk in street culture ...
it refers to a male who is treated as a sexual submissive.
Punk rock came into being in about the year of 1980.
Largely it was pertaining to a musical movement of that time.
At one time I must say you could not find me (punk)
in the pages of the dictionary of 1910, but in 1913 it did appear.
The original meaning of punk was a combustible material such as rotten,
moldy faggots of firewood or wood with Polyporus fungus growing on it.
A material for starting fires.
As you see the word punk has progressed through the years to have different
meanings.
1. Wood decayed, use for tinder.
2. A fungus
3. Artificial tinder
4. A prostitute, a strumpet
5. Followers of punk culture and music
6. An aggressive and violent young criminal
7. A small stub of a cigar.
Now in the year of 2004
I will add a new meaning to the word punk.
Go through my weathered pages....find the adventure, the beauty
and read on into the hidden mysteries of knowledge.

Love BonBon

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

1 posted 2004-08-11 09:08 PM

You dictionary, me thesaurus, oh what we could do together

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

2 posted 2004-08-11 09:15 PM

Bonnie,
What an interesting lesson in ameloriation and pejoration. (I only know those two words from a linguistic course I was required to take!!!) It is interesting how the meaning changes over the years. Thanks for bringing this about! Enjoyed very much.
msicellanea

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2004-08-11 10:20 PM

We have a TV series here about 20 years ago called "Punkie Brewster" about a bright little girl always setting the trend for her companions. Just a thought....for a new definition. lol Enjoyed. ......jo

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