The word "skank" is used to describe a person (originally a woman or girl) who is considered dirty or diseased because he or she is promiscuous or slutty. It is implied that a skank spreads sexually transmitted diseases. You may also hear "skank" used as an adjective to describe a thing or a place. As in, "Dude, that bathroom is skanky."The roots of the word skank are slightly unclear, but it may come from the word "skag", a word that originated in the African-American community in the 1920s to mean a dirty, unclean woman of questionable repute. "Skank" is also a type of reggae/ska dance in which the dancers bend at the waist, and flail their arms in the air. The gyration of the hips during this dance may have lead to views of women who danced in this style as knowledgeable about sexuality and therefore "skanky." Either way, the term is racially charged, though that aspect of the word seems to be largely forgotten or ignored these days.
Sometimes it seems women who have lots of sex are "skanks", "hos","bitches" and "sluts," while men are virtually immune to "skankiness". Emily White explores the causes and repercussions of this double standard in her book, Fast Girls: Teenage Tribes and the Myth of the Slut.
i am so lost whats wwrong with being a slut or skank or hoe!!! its just a word and yeah i have sex all the time. people dont call me a skank cuz eeryone at my school does it.giving blow jobs are funn
Posted by: uuuhhh mme | November 08, 2009 at 05:09 AM
i am so lost whats wwrong with being a slut or skank or hoe!!! its just a word and yeah i have sex all the time. people dont call me a skank cuz eeryone at my school does it.giving blow jobs are funn
Posted by: uuuhhh mme | November 08, 2009 at 05:09 AM
There r these 2 girls in my french class! They r such skanks, sluts whatever! When the teacher has left the room they stick pens down thier cleavage then lift thier shirts right up and go up to all the boys and say "Want a pen?"! One girl used scissors to cut her school skirt so showed like 90% of her legs!!!
They're only 13!!!
I dunno, does anyone have any stories way worse than that?
Posted by: Fifi | October 13, 2009 at 10:07 AM
to CUTIE you have LUSTY mind and someone should PRAY for you
Posted by: hayle | April 27, 2009 at 06:02 PM
Is this the words you guys use in uk,england and all those places?You should come to South Africas joburg and cape town and see the words they use to describe woman and girls...compared to them i would take skank as a compliment.
Posted by: 2Hot4u | February 17, 2009 at 09:51 AM
The definition of skank, the dance is soooo off, i listen to a lot of ska and have been to a lot of shows with people skanking, including reel big fish, streetlight manifesto, and tip the van like a week ago, and skanking is like a relaxed altered version of the can can, its not bending yr waist and flailing yr arms, that sounds more like hardcore dancing
Posted by: WRONG | February 01, 2009 at 09:11 PM
yea man! Skank circle right here, right now...
Posted by: theyea | February 01, 2009 at 08:06 AM
The term "Skank" can also refer to the dance that is done to ska music, and is in that case a verb. It involves frantic skipping to the off-beats and full-body movement.
I think the term "Rude Boy" should be on here.
I feel unrepresented...
Posted by: JohnBJuice | January 09, 2009 at 12:49 AM
lala u should tell that grl to email me or any sexxxy clean "skanks"! LOL
taskeetzy69@gmail.com
Posted by: ILUVSLUTS | December 31, 2008 at 03:18 PM
i just read 1 comment it cough my eye talking about being called a skank b cuz u were pregnate by the high skool foot ball teams quarrter back if you love him then you should be abel to do wetf u want and no one has the righ to call you that it waz posted by a person named vicktoria on here and i probibley spelled her name wrong but i think that no one hade the write to call her that
Posted by: xxxnooneno'sxxx | December 30, 2008 at 04:02 AM
i have been called almost every name in the book to discrib skank or whore but look at this i dont come into the discriptions of one or any thing they do ... so WTF ???
Posted by: xxxnooneno'sxxx | December 30, 2008 at 03:57 AM
i wanna know why there are so many insulting words to describe a female {bitch,hoe,slut,skank,etc...} but there are none to describe when a guy acts like one. well ive heard of the word man-whore. but other than that theres nothing and i actually dont think thats fair...
Posted by: Rika b00 | October 26, 2008 at 01:13 AM
This is not an appropriate word to use for any girl. I understand that the word "skank" is used to put down popstars and trashy actress,it does not mean we should always use this word!!!!
Posted by: Mara | June 03, 2008 at 05:15 PM
hi again im here 2 report of shelby again this skirt she wore the other day came up 2 the middle of her ass it was short a skank skirt if u will she wore it 2 get a boi provally b/c she aint a virgin she is a sluty whore sksank she probally has slept wit 1500000000 bois by now just b/c she gives bois lap dances and blow jobs b/c of her skank self she is such a whore i cant even stand it she should b hit a couple hundred times and she is only 14 and any boi who read this she not alvible but it wont stop her from sleeping wit u some come on down if u want 2 sleep wit an easy ass gurl
Posted by: lalalalalalalalalalalalala | April 18, 2008 at 06:57 PM
HAHA!!!thats funny.my friend calls me a skank but it means something different than that.HAHA!!!
Posted by: tmegirl21 | March 28, 2008 at 07:33 PM
ok im just kidding theres no impersonater lol
i do get up thatealy becauase i have volleyball practice
Posted by: kelly | March 20, 2008 at 09:56 PM
what the hell?another impersonator comment?ok,this is ridiculous.and how could i be up at five fifty-five?i'm never up that early
Posted by: kelly | March 19, 2008 at 12:34 PM
hey kelsea i like to eat my cats and spank my ass and make out with my johnny depp blow up doll how about you
Posted by: kelly | March 19, 2008 at 05:55 AM
i DONT LIKE THIS WORD BUT I MUST SAY IVE BEEN KNOW THROW A FEW "YOU IS A SKANK ASS HOE" AROUND BUT THATS ONLY WHEN IM FIGHTIN LOL BUT ON DA REAL I REALLY HATE THIS WORD
Posted by: shay | February 29, 2008 at 04:32 PM
oh my godd.!
rightt.?
i agree wiff kealsea nd kelly.
she is a huge skank.!
Posted by: sarahrah=]] | February 25, 2008 at 05:29 PM
ya i would.she thinks she's so great and she really isn't!just insanely annoying!
Posted by: kelly | February 19, 2008 at 09:50 PM
This girl one grade ahead of me is a total skank. her name is vicki. she gets on my fucking nerves when she bee-bops all over the place. i dont get how she got so popular because she so fucking fat and shes like a slut. i hate her and i think kelly would agree with me too.
Posted by: Kelsea | February 19, 2008 at 08:44 PM
This girl one grade ahead of me is a total skank. her name is vicki. she gets on my fucking nerves when she bee-bops all over the place. i dont get how she got so popular because she so fucking fat and shes like a slut. i hate her and i think kelly would agree with me too.
Posted by: Kelsea | February 19, 2008 at 08:44 PM
haha.skank sounds like skunk lol:-D
Posted by: kelly | February 13, 2008 at 08:12 PM
my friends call girls who sleep around 'sluts' and girls who dress in a 'slutty' way but have sex get called 'skanks'.
i personnally don't look down on people who are percieved as 'promiscuous' and i hate it when my friends do =(
Posted by: jaz | February 02, 2008 at 10:34 PM