I've been thinking about how the meanings of words change over time, including the term punk. You know those things that look kinda like incense and are included with fireworks? They're called punks. Webster's defines them as decayed wood used as tinder. I love them because they protect delicate fingertips from being singed. An older useage of the term punk described a young hoodlum, but the word was soon co-opted by a deliberately offensive group of loud, fast playing, very cool rockers. The music? Punk Rock of course. And don't forget, it's now possible to be punk'd, by Ashton Kutcher and his merry tribe of pranksters. Yet another reason to be glad you're not famous.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
it's punk to me....
I've been thinking about how the meanings of words change over time, including the term punk. You know those things that look kinda like incense and are included with fireworks? They're called punks. Webster's defines them as decayed wood used as tinder. I love them because they protect delicate fingertips from being singed. An older useage of the term punk described a young hoodlum, but the word was soon co-opted by a deliberately offensive group of loud, fast playing, very cool rockers. The music? Punk Rock of course. And don't forget, it's now possible to be punk'd, by Ashton Kutcher and his merry tribe of pranksters. Yet another reason to be glad you're not famous.
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See the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com) for a whole new set of uses of punk. My favorite: Punkboy - A guy whose whole life revolves around insignificant media, board and internet games, has very few friends who hang out with him only to get a laugh at his expense and shows his force powers by demo-ing (but always failing) Darth Vader's death grip
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