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From: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Teenage Punks, Senile Adults
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 14:39:05 EDT
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I am surprised to see people sticking up for punks, since the term had always
struck me as being derogatory.  Here's what Webster's New World says:

punk (1) n. [var of spunk] any substance, as decayed wood, that smolders when
ignited, used as tinder; esp., a chemically treated fungus substance shaped
into slender, fragile, light-brown sticks:  the glowing tips are used to
light fireworks, etc.

punk (2) 1. orig., a prostitute  2. [slang] a) a catamite b) a male
homosexual c) a young hoodlum d) any person, esp. a youngster, regarded as
inexperienced, insignificant, presumptuous, etc.  -adj. [slang] poor or bad
in quality, condition, etc.

punk rock [see punk (2) n.2c] a form of simple rock music, often with coarse
lyrics, typically performed in a hostile, deliberately offensive way

                       -etan