punk

Meaning

Concepts

punk

amadou

touchwood

tinder

amadouvier

hoof fungus

hoof tinder fungus

tinder polypore

bum

cheap

cheesy

chintzy

crummy

sleazy

tinny

punk rocker

hooligan

brat

punk rock

goon

hood

hoodlum

strong-armer

thug

tough

toughie

kindling

spunk

Melaleuca leucadendron

german tinder

touch wood

prostitute

nonsense

foolishness

catamite

tramp

beginner

novice

decayed

rotten

punky

torch

mawkish

namby pamby

prosy

silly

soppy

vapid

fungus

crestfallen

deplorable

execrable

hangdog

infelicitous

lousy

miserable

piteous

ropey

rueful

shabby

shoddy

sordid

sorry

stinky

trashy

woebegone

woeful

wretched

naughty boy

pickle

douche

fuckwit

joker

schmuck

schnook

shit-ass

shithead

wretch

douchetard

shitstick

glifnard

Joe Six-pack

shit-bag

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʌŋk/
Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from punk ("rotten wood dust used as tinder", attested since 1678; see Etymology 2 below) to anything worthless (attested since 1869) and then to any undesirable person (since 1908).

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