Sunday, May 10, 2009

Question of the day

If you use the word "skank" is it an adjective or a noun?

Which sentence is correct?
"He brought home a skank."
"He brought home a skank date."

Or should it be "skanky date"?

I'm so confused.

Bring back schoolhouse rock. I need another lesson.

5 comments:

  1. Skanky is an adj. (slang). So it would have to be a skanky date. Just FYI.

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  2. Please tell me this Donna. I'd be so disappointed otherwise.

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  3. Yup. Skank for noun. Skanky for adjective.

    Also watch out for the occasional adverb usage. "Todd meandered skankily across the room."

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  4. Way to ruin the word skank for me Steve. That was one of the few words that I felt didn't need classification. I now feel I have to go outside your established classifications: "He brought home a skank-nasty date"


    ~Matt

    PS. So does the job mean you get the shots this summer?

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  5. "To skank" is also a verb, in reggae culture, meaning, I'm fairly certain, "to groove."

    -A

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