punk

• n. 废物；小阿飞；年轻无知的人
• adj. 无用的，低劣的
• n. 朋客，朋克
• n. (Punk)人名；(匈)蓬克

可能缩写自spunk,引火物，引火火柴。引申词义腐木，烂木头，后用于指无赖，恶棍等，引申词义劣质的，没价值的。后一批年青的音乐家为表达对传统音乐的反叛，用该词来命名一种新式的摇滚音乐形式。比较funk.

punk (adj.)

"inferior, bad," 1896, also as a noun, "something worthless," earlier "rotten wood used as tinder" (1680s), "A word in common use in New England, as well as in the other Northern States and Canada" [Bartlett]; perhaps from Delaware (Algonquian) ponk, literally "dust, powder, ashes;" but Gaelic spong "tinder" also has been suggested (compare spunk "touchwood, tinder," 1580s).

punk (n.2)

"worthless person" (especially a young hoodlum), 1917, probably from punk kid "criminal's apprentice," underworld slang first attested 1904 (with overtones of "catamite"). Ultimately from punk (n.1) or else from punk "prostitute, harlot, strumpet," first recorded 1590s, of unknown origin.

For sense shift from "harlot" to "homosexual," compare gay. By 1923 used generally for "young boy, inexperienced person" (originally in show business, as in punk day, circus slang from 1930, "day when children are admitted free"). The verb meaning "to back out of" is from 1920.

The "young criminal" sense is no doubt the inspiration in punk rock first attested 1971 (in a Dave Marsh article in "Creem," referring to Rudi "Question Mark" Martinez); popularized 1976.

If you looked different, people tried to intimidate you all the time. It was the same kind of crap you had to put up with as a hippie, when people started growing long hair. Only now it was the guys with the long hair yelling at you. You think they would have learned something. I had this extreme parrot red hair and I got hassled so much I carried a sign that said "FUCK YOU ASSHOLE." I got so tired of yelling it, I would just hold up the sign. [Bobby Startup, Philadelphia punk DJ, "Philadelphia Weekly," Oct. 10, 2001]

punk (n.1)

"Chinese incense," 1870, from punk (adj.).

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2. Rock'n'roll has become so commercialized and safe since punk.

自朋克乐之后，摇滚乐已经变得太商业化、太保守了。

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3. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.

10年来，“X”乐队一直都是洛杉矶最杰出的朋克乐队。

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4. It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn'tit?

“这全视乎你对朋克摇滚乐的定义，不是吗？”

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5. Some punk stuck a knife in her last night.

有个小流氓昨晚扎了她一刀。

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