What does ’Punk’ mean? I thought it was a modern word relating only to a form of rock music until I came across a diary entry for September 15th 1919 in which the diarist, a young American girl, wrote “Monday September 15, 1919 - I didn't dress until 5:00 P.M. and felt pretty punk. “ Another entry of Louise Hancock’s from 1916 read “Ha! Ha! It was awful cold and damp. The show was punk, but we had a good time. “
I looked up punk and found =
Punk rock, an anti-establishment rock music genre
Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock
Punk fashion, clothing styles associated with the punk subculture
Punk ideologies, a group of social and political beliefs associated with the punk subculture
Punk visual art, artwork associated with the punk subculture
Punk (magazine), a 1970s United States punk fanzine
Punk (fireworks), a utensil for lighting fireworks
Punk, one of the Mega Man Killers, robots in the Mega Man Classic video game series
Punk, a street term for a petty criminal or a male prostitute
Eventually I found a reference to it being an informal North American word for "Bad; worthless; a worthless person; a thug; or a criminal."
You live and learn..…
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Saturday, 15 September 2007
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