Crunk vs Punk - What's the difference?
crunk | punk |
(obsolete) To cry like a crane.
* Withals (1608)
* The Country Man (poem)
Etymology, Crunk: etymology] at Wikipedia for further information.
There is no evidence of any connection with Yiddish or German , nor that it entered the Southern Black vernacular through the presence of European Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in black neighborhoods in cities such as Atlanta;
the phonetic similarity of the words is considered a coincidence.See (US, slang) crazy and drunk; according to the
* 2009 , (Kesha), (Tik Tok)
(US, slang) simultaneously intoxicated by marijuana and alcohol
* She is so fucking crunk right now.
(US, slang) of an absurd amount
* I have a crunk ton of homework tonight.
2004
2005}} * 1997, *: Get crunk, who u wit’? * 2002, Ashanti, Foolish/Unfoolish [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1401300308&id=S118tQIJlk0C&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&sig=zFEu5k2g2F2iOTw6Pq6uFFjJJw0] *: Let me tell you how I like it / If we’re all in a crowd / I like to be the one they single out / Let me tell you how to please me / Can you get it crunk and make my body jump? * 2003, Todd Boyd, The New H.N.I.C. [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0814798950&id=DgZ7YgzOJLUC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&sig=vd-YPaf83WWKyHA6Qf6anoaj7zc] *: Using their trademark southern dialect, the group tell others to “huss that fuss,” shut up and move, for they, Outkast, are the type of people who “make the club get crunk ,” in other words, make you get up and jam, with “crunk” here functioning as a sort of past perfect sense of the word “crank.” * 2005, Tamara Palmer, Country Fried Soul [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0879308575&id=t-sT4VyjTKUC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&sig=UeD7CSeKUITrrT1oAfvUhOI627w] *: I just saw how much of an influence Tupac had on Master P and No Limit, how much of an influence Tupac had on the whole city of Atlanta, Georgia, and on Houston, Texas, and just how much influence on influence on that whole ‘Bankhead [Bounce]’ and getting crunk certain songs of Makaveli had on that shit. A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
* 2004, Crunk Classics [title] [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029RT1M/]
* 2005, Michael Joseph Corcoran, All Over the Map [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0292709765&id=y5iPO9n4qtQC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&sig=Y6mP0dWw0IOpEwelSg4eXS2RkbM]
* 2005, Tamara Palmer, Country Fried Soul [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0879308575&id=t-sT4VyjTKUC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&sig=McTHEGgDgR6c2fFj-7mR-buBdaM]
* 2005, David Katz, Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30 [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1588164691&id=vY51QY7nhEQC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&sig=5CLasz94Yluq_TIXNXloM-tgM2I]
* 1997, Stephen King, "The Wizard and the Glass "
(obsolete, countable) A prostitute; courtezan.
* , V.i.
* 1663 : .
(countable, uncommon) The bottom in a male-male sexual relationship, especially in prison.
* 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, p. 15:
(countable) A juvenile delinquent; a young, petty criminal or trouble-maker; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
(countable) Any worthless person.
* 1971 ,
(uncountable) A social and musical movement rooted in rebelling against the established order.
(uncountable) The music of the punk movement, known for short songs with electric guitars, strong drums, and a direct, unproduced approach.
(countable, sometimes as informal plural punx) A person who belongs to that movement and/or listens to that music, a punk rocker.
Of, from, or resembling the subculture.
To pimp.
To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner.
To prank.
To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
(uncountable) Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi.
* 1899 , H. B. Cushman, History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians , page 271:
* 1922 , Harry Ignatius Marshall, The Karen People of Burma , page 61:
* 2001 , William W. Johnstone, War of the Mountain Man , page 116:
(countable) A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.
* 1907 , Jack London, The Road , [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14658]:
* 1994 , Ashland Price, Viking Tempest , page 353:
* 2004 , Shawn Shiflett, Hidden Place , page 221:
English words with different meanings in different locations
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As nouns the difference between crunk and punk
is that crunk is a type of hip hop that originated in the southern united states while punk is punk rock.As a verb crunk
is (obsolete|intransitive) to cry like a crane.As an adjective crunk
is (us|slang) crazy and drunk; according to the [http://wwwdoubletonguedorg/ double-tongued word wrester] dictionary, [http://wwwdoubletonguedorg/indexphp/dictionary/crunk/ good, phat, fine].crunk
English
Etymology 1
Compare Icelandic krnka to croak.Verb
(en verb)- The crane crunketh .
- The crunking crane heard high amongst the clouds.
Etymology 2
“high on marijuana and drunk (on alcohol) at the same time”. Coined Southern US late-1980s, in original sense of “rowdy, high energy out-of-control behavior by a crowd at Southern night clubs”.Miller, Matt: "Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the U.S. South, 1997-2007]".Popularized by its use in the (fusion genre) of (crunk) music in the 1990s and especially early 2000s. In this context, first used in music lyrics and notably popularized by '' (''Get Crunk, Who [are] You With[?]: The Album )."Lil Jon crunks up the volume", NY Times, November 28, 2004 See [[w:crunk
this LanguageLog postfor information on the high probability of chance similarity among languages.
Alternative forms
* krunkAdjective
(er)Double-Tongued Word Wrester] dictionary, [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/crunk/ good, phat, fine
- I'm talking about everybody getting crunk, crunk
- Boys tryin' to touch my junk, junk
- Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk
Quotations
{{timeline , 1900s=1997 , 2000s=20032004
2005}} * 1997, *: Get crunk, who u wit’? * 2002, Ashanti, Foolish/Unfoolish [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1401300308&id=S118tQIJlk0C&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&sig=zFEu5k2g2F2iOTw6Pq6uFFjJJw0] *: Let me tell you how I like it / If we’re all in a crowd / I like to be the one they single out / Let me tell you how to please me / Can you get it crunk and make my body jump? * 2003, Todd Boyd, The New H.N.I.C. [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0814798950&id=DgZ7YgzOJLUC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&sig=vd-YPaf83WWKyHA6Qf6anoaj7zc] *: Using their trademark southern dialect, the group tell others to “huss that fuss,” shut up and move, for they, Outkast, are the type of people who “make the club get crunk ,” in other words, make you get up and jam, with “crunk” here functioning as a sort of past perfect sense of the word “crank.” * 2005, Tamara Palmer, Country Fried Soul [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0879308575&id=t-sT4VyjTKUC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&sig=UeD7CSeKUITrrT1oAfvUhOI627w] *: I just saw how much of an influence Tupac had on Master P and No Limit, how much of an influence Tupac had on the whole city of Atlanta, Georgia, and on Houston, Texas, and just how much influence on influence on that whole ‘Bankhead [Bounce]’ and getting crunk certain songs of Makaveli had on that shit.
Noun
(-)- As Houston rap became a national sensation, spinning off into the “crunk ” scene, it was hard to believe that just ten years earlier, the only Texas rap acts of any note were Donald “The D.O.C.” Curry, the Dallasite who hooked up with Dr. Dre and the N.W.A. crew, and the Geto Boys, who set out to make West Coast gangstas come off like Young MC.
- On Slanguistics,'' a special on the MTV2 cable network, Andre 3000 offerred a succinct analogy for crunk.''' “What punk was to rock,” he explains, “' crunk is to rap.”
- Use a “crunk ” song for his cell-phone ring.
- "...talking that stupid crunk' of theirs." There was no proper word for the dialect of the Mejic Vaqueros, but "' crunk " served well enough among the Barony's higher-born citizens.
See also
*References
punk
English
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from the application of the senseNoun
- My lord, she may be a punk ; for many of them are neither maid, widow, nor wife.
- And made them fight, like mad or drunk,
For Dame Religion, as for punk .
- Because he was so weak, Vinny soon became Tony's punk .
- A punk , if you want it in plain English, is a boy with smooth skin who takes the place of a woman in a jailbird's love life.
- I know what you're thinking, punk'. You're thinking, "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, I've forgotten myself in all this excitement. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? / Well, do ya, ' punk ?
Usage notes
The most common use of the term is in the term punk rock (for a certain social and musical movement). In the UK, this is the only common usage.Adjective
(er)- ''You look very punk with your t-shirt, piercing and chains.
Verb
(en verb)- Tony punked-out Vinny when he was low on smokes.
- Ricky punked his new cell-mates.
- I got expelled when I punked the principal.
- Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.
Usage notes
The relatively tame 21st century usage of punk'' to mean "prank" was popularized by the American television show . Until as recently as the late 20th century, ''punk'' still connoted rape or submitting to anal rape (''punk-out''). The second use of the term ''punk-out'' is now comparable to acting like a ''pussy and mildly implies submissive behavior in general.Synonyms
* seeDerived terms
* cyberpunk * post-punk * protopunk * punk music * punk rock * punkabilly * punker * punkette * punkish * punkling * punkster * punky * ska punkEtymology 2
Perhaps a reduction of Lenape Talking Dictionary'',punkw.Robert K. Barnhart (editor), ''The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology'' (H. W. Wilson, 1988), page 864: "Probably borrowed from Algonquian (Delaware) ''ponk , literally, living ashes."
Noun
- On one occasion a venerable old Indian man, who, in order to light his pipe, was trying to catch a spark upon a piece of punk struck from his flint and steel; ...
- The oil is mixed with bits of dry wood or punk and moulded into sticks about a cubit long and an inch in diameter by putting it into joints of small bamboo.
- He made him a little smoldering pocket of punk to light the fuses and waited.
- On the end a coal of fire slowly smouldered. It would last for hours, and my cell-mate called it a "punk ."
- Then, without another word, he rose and left the shelter, apparently in order to light the vessel's wick with a punk from the dying campfire.
- He raised the cylinder high in the air with his bare hand, used a punk to light the fuse, and KABOOM !