Old School Collab – Sk*nky
Here is a video collaboration I did with Sxephil about year ago. I’m not sure he even aired it.. but I thought it would be fun to bring it back for all of you to see
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yes. yes i do know a skank. she lives in south carolina and the surprising thing is she is only 16 right know.
Who makes who work” and Who makes who beg??”
Egyptian legal agreements from the 23rd Dynasty (749-21 B.C.E.) frequently include the phrase, “If you do not obey this decree, may a donkey copulate with you!” [Reinhold Aman, "Maledicta," Summer 1977]. Intensive form mother-fucker suggested from 1928; motherfucking is from 1933. Fuck-all “nothing” first recorded 1960. Verbal phrase fuck up “to ruin, spoil, destroy” first attested c.1916. A widespread group of Slavic words (cf. Pol. pierdolić) can mean both “fornicate” and “make a mistake.” Flying fuck originally meant “have sex on horseback” and is first attested c.1800 in broadside …Ingenious Trifling
Always demand proof, proof is the elementary courtesy that is anyone’s due.
—Paul Valéry, “Monsieur Teste”….from online ETYMOLOGY Dictionary
Good Lord Marina, You are so Beautiful!
Marina,
…. In a world full of skanks, both male and female, the more pertinent/relevent question is do I know anyone who isn’t a skank. So I would be surprised if I didn’t know any skanks. All are skanky and fall short of the glory of God.
I’m with ya on that, John.
Fear not, for thou art confusing skanks for sluts. I suppose it is fair to say that sexual promiscuity is normaly rather healthy–meaning high, not good for you or society–if not advanced by the ease with which social interaction can occur today, but mere promiscuity is not the active ingredient in a skank, or in a slut.
A slut is an attractive or hot girl who is promiscuous and wild, but not necessarily aggressive.
A skank is an unattractive, nasty-looking, trashy girl who is promiscuious and usually aggressive in establishing carnal contact.
So, unless everyone you know is both ugly and promiscuous, then it is not true that everyone you know or see is a skank. Maybe a slut, or mimbo, but not a skank. However, it it is true they are all skanks, then god bless you but you need to move into a better [zipcode].
Speak for yourself, I wrote exactly what I meant to write.
Nasty.
Do you have a zipcode for another world, I thought not.
Then, either you’re being satirical or you have a clinical case of cynicism and lack of faith and trust in humankind.
No it’s just an old reworded quote from the Bible.
So, firstly, just to be clear, you’re maintaining your absolute statement about the state of universal human sexual promiscuity?
And, secondly, in your view, is skankdom the only sector of humanity wherefrom our myriad shortcomings yield no forgiveness?
firstly, A certain someone, when asked ” good sir what must i do to be saved/forgiven, His answer was, why do you call me good, no one is good except God. This statement addressed the overall condition of man in all aspects, not just promiscuity.
secondly, forgiveness does not depend on the condition of condoning and promoting bad behaviors, actually it’s the acknowledgment and acceptance that there are better alternatives to the offending behavior.
New video uploading now
You probably know about all of the hype with the Obama’s dog. I just wanted to know where the word [waterdog] came from. Sure, it sounds pretty self explanatory, but maybe it has an interesting word origin!!!
Thanks!
-Hoodster
I would like to find out where does the expression “stay put” come from.
Thank you
Alex
Hello Marina! You explained how ‘x’ at the bottom of a letter or greating card came to mean ‘a kiss’. How did an ‘o’ at the bottom of a letter or greating card come to mean ‘a hug’? Thanks and keep the great lessons coming!
Prof, which lesson has the explanation for the ‘x’? TIA!
Good one! I second your request. [xoxoxo]
Hey i would like to know the origin of the words [cadenza]
and [Portamento glissandi]
I am happy to say I live a skank-free lifestyle.
Interesting word origin, altho I’d say I have a slightly different take on the definition of skank. For one, money or prostitution doesn’t necessarily need to be involved. A skank commonly refers to being a slut with trashy tendencies, as in one level below just being a slut. A slut is a woman who likes sex a lot and does it often, whereas a skank is the same thing, but with a slightly torn-up or trashy look to her. Skanks also have questionable hygiene habits.
What’s funny is that I occassionally accompany my girl to some of her auditions in L.A. (she’s a model/actress with an agency that reps her for commercials and print), and whenever it’s an audition for a ’sexy woman’ role, there is usually a bevy of skanks that shows up. It’s like a strip club across the street just let out or something. I’ve noticed that a common fashion among the skank demographic is wearing high heels, a short skirt, no leggings, and an ankle tattoo or two. Yep, the ankle tattoo is very popular with the skanks out there. It’s like their secret sign, I think…
Even tho I joke about it, for the most part I don’t care for all the names women into sex are given and all the judgements that are made about them. It’s only sex, after all, something very natural and fulfilling to your average adult. Altho men are known to have the stronger sex drive, women are actually a little more sensitive down there and experience more intense orgasms, so it makes perfect sense to me that quite a few women out there are into sex. They sure beat the women who aren’t into sex, in my opinion, as women not into sex tend to be frigid, shrewish, and uptight. Nothing quite makes a woman so unhappy as her needs not getting met in the bedroom. I sincerely doubt that is anything Marina has ever had to worry about, tho. Peace, Errin : )
“I am happy to say I live a skank-free lifestyle.”
hand tattoos like tiny hearts and stars, is that so junkies know where to shoot up after they’re baked on spoon crack? well, it’s body decoration, tribal stuff. tattoos don’t neccessarily have to make a person a “skank”
http://www.macuser.com/images/2007/4/apple-tattoos.jpg
…so it makes perfect sense to me that quite a few women out there are into sex. They sure beat the women who aren’t into sex…
whipped into submission no doubt
Oh, there’s plenty of ways to get a woman to submit without even using a whip. I prefer cracking the psychological whip myself…
if i had a nickle for everytime i got my back beaten bloody…
Could be Britney Spears idea of a secret sign is she doesn’t wear panties and offers lots of avaliable crotch shots to a horde of paparazzi
Thanks for THAT visual… not that I have anything against hermaphrodites. I certainly hope for your sake that you are endowed a little bigger than a clitoris. lol
Don’t tell me you are one of those guys that jizzes in his pants…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4
Reminds me of a joke… Have you heard of the new ’sensitive’ condom? After you are done, it stays back and talks with her.
Your description is what think of when I hear the word skanky.
I guess that makes me the resident skankologist.
ha ha ha. funny.
Sleazy motel is for the wealthy. No skank sex is done in a rat infested, needle ridden, bum takin, smelly garbage, dark alley. Add sweltering rain for effect.
So, with that said a skankdinner date would be like climbing into dumpsters behind r*d lobster and fishing out dinner. Then there’s that tight squeeze for two inside a cardboard refrigerator box.
Do skanks even bother with dinner and/or a date? It’s not like you need to impress her to get her into bed. Just whip it out at any given moment, and the rest will fall in place. Skanktacular!
Sure. She wants dinner, you got to feed her, and feed her regularly. Dessert is cleaning up together in some greasy hole in the wall dive gas station restroom in some crime ridden area of the city. It doesn’t matter what the sign says- MEN, WOMEN, UNISEX. Hey, as long as there’s soap in the dispenser and a running faucet. If the towel dispenser is stuck just dry eachothers hands off on one anothers bare chests.
Right on, bro! We are living in the 21st Century and yet some people are just so ignorant and two-faced, they still don’t see the LIGHT and continue to pass on the same old school hatred & double standards that prevent the human race from coming together in wordwide harmony. Besides some obvious differences, men and women both have the same urges and behaviors, from what I’ve seen. For far too long, society at large has demonized the “fairer sex” in an effort to prevent them from gaining their freedom. And the worst part is even to this day,too many girls are still being brainwashed into thinking there’s something wrong w/ them if they dare give in to the same carnal desires that boys are encouraged to pursue as soon as they reach puberty. As far as I’m concerned, men can be skanks too, it all depends on how much or how little self-respect they have for themselves.
I would like to request the word [Cacophony] or [Schizophrenia].
Thank You!
Hi Marina, i would like to know more about the word [AIRPLANE].
Thanks.
Marina made the “Top Ten Internet SuperStars of 2009″ on the Inventor Spot web site. Scroll down to the bottom and vote for Marina. She is now in the lead.
ok
Karl I voted & Marina 

B.B.
is in the lead with 78 votes
Thanks bigbhd95
Marina FTW
That site will reveal the final votes on May 15, 2009.
It’s a meaningless poll — see 54.1.1 (and 54) below.
Hi hs4mm, I was aware of that when I saw the article this morning and there were only five votes.
I’m not so sure about being meaningless. Being able to vote multiple times to an apathetic voter does not mean anything, but the voter who exerts their vote whether once, or many times is still shows an effort. So, in the end it is all relative.
Now, if only one person on the board had the privilege of receiving multiple votes, then of course, that would be a meaningless poll.
I agree. It’s just someones little blog. Hell I could add one of those polls to my blog. Would it matter any?
I can honestly say most of the woman I’ve known in my life have been skanky
lol
That was a little bit rude, or shall we say sk*rude.
http://hotforwords.se
Mats
Note the voting button at the bottom: Top Ten Internet SuperStars of 2009 (Article is OK, but poll might be BS because it appears that one can vote as many times as one wants.)
Haha, brilliant. It’s true, if you set the browser to accept no cookies you can just refresh the site and vote all the way, as many times as you like.
My bad, you don’t even have to disable cookies. This poll is pretty useless.
just spent 175 pounds on some armani jeans
Wow! You weigh more than I do!
Armani jeans? What, are you a [friend of dorothy]?
marina, whats with the * in the lessons? skankey and donkey aren’t swear words…. poindexter eh, does this mean you will use the video request i made a while back?? jt3 xxx
I lost all the ads on YouTube because of the name… And only because of the name. I was able to change the name on the website but it was too late on YouTube.
That’s bizarre! These are strictly linguistic contexts that the words are being used in. It should have no bearing on the title’s offensiveness. Don’t you agree?
That seems to be the nature of big business. All black and white, no gray area. Decisions made en masse for the long term economic gain. From a purely financial perspective, it makes sense. All decisions are made at the top echelons and are made beforehand. Lower levels simply follow the established procedures which are aimed at efficiency and conservativeness. This sacrifices the individual customer-service, but the long term plusses outweigh the long term minuses. Quantity over quality.
Let me rephrase my statement. If the word “fuck” appears in the title of a linguistic work (whatever the format) which deals to some degree (usu. largely) with that word, it ought not to be taken as offensive because it is being studied philologically and is not being used in its usual form.
It’s not about what you and I think. It’s the ones who pay for the ads matter the most in this case.
Marina,
Are you sure? It is Beef-O’Reilly that has no ads at all. Here’s what I am seeing:
First, I can see three kinds of ads on YT:
1) on the upper right of video’s page
2) embedded while video plays
3) After the video plays, a half-screen ad inside the video screen (below the share and replay buttons);
4) After the video plays, a one-sixth-screen ad inside the video screen (below the share and replay buttons);
A) d’k-p’ch has (1,2,3)
B) sk’ky has (1,2,4)
C) In Jail has (1,2,4)
D) Beef-O’Reilly has no ads at all.
–Hs4Mm
PS: Valentine’s-O’Reilly does not have any ads either — so could be all HFW-O’Reily videos do not have ads because they are made by a “commercial entity” (viz., FoxNews). Also, I have been thinking some more — I do not really know the full context — I can only state what I am seeing now in regards to ads: it could be that YouTube only temporarily removed ads in the video you are referring to.
So what does this tell you?
That sticks and stones may break the bones but calling people names will hit you right in the pocket book where it can hurt?
Censor yourself first and make mo money the old fashioned way!
You earrrrrrnnnnn it!
Sxephil is a blankety-blank, at the very best. Don’t hand with him, Marina! He’s skanky!
I would like to know the history on the phrases [ Ghost of a chance].
I would like to know the true meaning of the word [ Point Blank].
What is the origin of Retro?
What other meanings (if any) does it have?
Why does it appear in a term like Retrovirus. A virus that can re-write your DNA. It doesn’t seem to fit the other uses of the words, which normally refer to things that are out-dated, or old.
Hint. Example: Retroflex in Latin means essentially folded back on itself.
There is one skank that frequents the yard where my shop is. She rides a bycycle or walks in dragging a bundle of clothes and cadges cigarettes and sodas. She calls everyone sweetie or honey and is all smiles and giggles and walks around like she is somehow apart of everything. She is like a big gnat.
She’s young now, but I wonder what will become of her when she is 80 (if she makes it that far).
A lot of good info on here , great work! I always saw you on O’reilly but I never checked out your sire , glad I did.
I am very curious if you could check the history/origin of the word [Pwned]. It has gotten quite popular in just under a decade from my vantage point.
Thanks!
Spell the word for us one more time, just to make sure.
Its either [Pwned] or [Pwnd]. I have been constantly seeing/hearing it as of late. Pretty sure its the first spelling though.
Through context of the word I’m pretty sure it comes from “Owned”
It is [pwned]. I’ll let Marina handle the rest.
Great. It’s gained a LOT of use/popularity in a relatively short amount of time.
Always good videos, and always worth watching. Thanks.
Can you tell me the origin of the word Condominium? I live in the uk and we don’t have this word in our language. It sounds like an old word. I would be very interested to learn about it’s history.
Condominiums are sprinkled on food to make them taste better. Compare to ingrediments, which are the basic components of a recipe.
It’s true, I tell you.
Nonsense! Condominiums are latex goods for men with small appendages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE3gWZk4AEo
How about {Soporific}? or {sortilege} lov ya
You mean [soporific] or [sortilege]. The curly brackets (braces) get you nothing here.
Thanks Campie–It is a computer thing I guess
I love OLD school…[schooled] of fish?
…poor Phil S.
yeah
all his money wont do much for him now 


B.B. too bad back in the day “wall of sound”
in prison (penitentiary) I hope the (real) poor girls family
will have whatever closure & healing they can
[crazy]…
so much of a life making all that cash and bang bang
Hey Marina,
I bought a DVD called Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). In it there was a scene that went like this, blah blah blah “lets climb the [jacobs ladder] to paradise”. I was wondering, can you look up the meaning-origin of that term?
Love Tony.
WLIU, I don’t know if it has any meaning beyond that in electronics. A Jacob’s ladder is a very-high-voltage (enough to break down air by ionizing it) power supply equipped with two long electrodes arranged in a V shape with the narrow part at the bottom. Being that the narrow part is at the bottom, the spark will strike there and, because hot air rises, will move up the V until it reaches a point where the gap is too wide to maintain the arc and it extinguishes. Then, because the arc quits, the voltage recovers to the high level required to strike a new arc and the process repeats as long as power is applied. This gives the “BRZZZZP, BRZZZZP” sound and Frankensteinien light show that vintage science fiction movies liked to use because it is so easy and cheap to obtain. (Pity the poor suckers trying to listen to the radio nearby; the arc wipes out the entire radio spectrum while it’s on.)
All you need is a neon sign transformer and some coat hangar wire, but I don’t want to give you any ideas. Needless to say, if you actually tried to climb one, you would go to hell, not heaven.
Perhaps “V” stands for vacuum tube
insert mad scientist cackles here_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edozYtAZx_w
In the Book of Genesis, chapter 28, Jacob lays down to take a nap. During his nap, he has a dream of a ladder that goes all the way up to Heaven. Jacob has a little chat with God, and they discussed some stuff about Jacob’s descendants (the Hebrews or Jews.) Quite a bit happened there under Jacob’s Ladder.
That’s right bsomebody. “Jacob’s Ladder” is mentioned there, and it’s also ingrained with alchemical significance.
http://mysadalterego.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/blake.jpg
http://www.searchwithin.org/img/jacobs_ladder.jpg
[herpes]
Here’s an interesting word I just came across in a report I am reading – [boustrophedonic].
Pls give us an example.
“Some old inscriptions have a boustrophedonic format.”
So give an example.
Lo hice ya.
@ animalntaz: Wear your tinfoil hat with pride
Interesting video!
What does everyone think of [Chemtrails] appearing all over the planet? Have you been watching the skies lately?
Is it GeoEngineering? Weather modification? A shield against solar radiation? Military ops (shhhh)? or just plain old contrails.
Look up… but watch where you tread, or you’ll get another kind of trail
Easy to answer this
Water condensation contrails.
The atmosphere is busy scrubbing volcanic ash from recent releases in Alaska, as well as minute particulates remaining from past eruptions in the Phillipine Islands.
If you put tin foil on the ceiling, do you still need to wear the hat?
Ah, the old “it wasn’t me, the dog did it” ploy, eh?
6 out of 10 tinfoil hats for you sir.
“If you put tin foil on the ceiling, do you still need to wear the hat?” Ummm… Yes, if you cover the walls and floor to make a Faraday cage, but avoid sitting on a charged capacitor. Also the EMC source must be external.
If you see a can that says “Inflammable” it means that the liquid inside can make fire or not? Because I think or hear that “in”- means no.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/10/05/inflammable-flammable/
Very good!
Nice to see you have read the words list.
Right above the comments box is a line which reads:
learn/practice here.
You can do some neat stuff with that to incorporate links into your comments like this.
Another thing you might look at is to apply for a spot as Teacher’s Assistant. She’s always looking for good assistants, and it looks like you want to help
Thanks for the kind words, but I think I’ll retain my current position as student only.
I think you mean -un. In this case, -in means susceptable to. This is such a common misunderstanding that the word flammable was dreamed up to eliminate the confusion. I’m glad there is absolutely no confusion left over nowadays as a result. Nobody ever asks about inflammable any more. Nope, not one single question. Ever. Problem solved. For sure. Except for the odd trouble maker now and then.
Skanks? They are a dime a dozen.
At least Miss Orlova isn’t one.
[Inflammable]
See scholarly discussion, above.
I’d like to request the word [spinster]
WLIU, I’m going to take a WAG that it has to do with spinning wheels on the grounds that all spinsters have to do is sit around and make yarn while their younger sisters are out catching STDs.
Brittany Spears is one of the worst skanks I know. She does not deserve to be on stage anymore. She is washed up. Speaking of which where was the word has-been originated from?
Hiya! Long time – I was just wondering where you had got to
When I saw your avatar show up in my YT page as a default graphic, I thought you might be off into the blue.
Good to see your smilin’ face
well ty. I’ve had enough of the same flava.I just need shrink my image some so I can fit any of my avatars on other sites. I need to get crackin.
Love that dress, Marina. You look fabulous in black
I wonder how you look in pastel yellow
If anyone were to read my response and click on the link,
the way in which Lee Meredith lights that cigar won’t work.
This is how you should light a cigar.
(scroll down to the 2nd post)
Hey I saw you on O’Reilly factor, you’re really gorgeous.
will you be my cuddle buddy <3
Talk about [ the pot calling the kettle black (alternate meaning)! ]
Poem found in “Maxwell’s Elementary Grammar” school book copyright 1904:
It is sxephil who is a skanky!
–Hs4Mm
PS: Sxephil is throwing stones while living in a glass house — it is he who is a skanky.
Unless you’ve seen how sxephil used this content in a video, its kinda skanky of you to be labeling him a skanky, don’t you think. < statement of fact.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/16/louche/
Hi Marina! I am heading off for basic training for the US Army next wednesday, and before I go, I would like to know the origin of the word [military]. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I know you are extremely busy, so I’ll understand if I don’t get to see it before I leave. Love ya!
You’re headed for the fun-fun!

Former Army 8th Maint Bn Engnr, here.
Basic at Knox, AIT at Belvoir – 52 delta MOS
I wish you all the success in your endeavor
What school are you taking?
umm you saying you banged philyD
LOL! Do you mean, he goes both ways?
My impression was that he’s only into dudes…
(based on the response he got from voters during Wired’s Sexiest Geek contest. Looked like he was being backed up by the rainbow coalition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBEWhDDjSA#t=2m27 s
I’m no conspiracy theorist, but I have been watching this interesting 11-part documentary on how Americans are NOT legally required to pay the Federal Income Tax, and that it’s unconstitutional.
For the most part it is pleasant to hear, but the ending seems to turn a bit off base to something else.
Sixteenth Amendment. Or, taxation with representation ain’t all that hot either.
If you can find a written law requiring you to pay taxes on wages and salary, you can win $2,000,000!
In the five years this contest has been on; nobody has collected.
If you are ever taken into a court “of law”, you can not be convicted, unless you have filed and provided false information. If you don’t file (because no law demands it), they can’t legally do anything to you.
Be careful, though – that won’t stop the IRS from trying to use the court system to illegally harass you.
But they will suck funds out of your bank accounts without you having to lift a finger.
Simple. Buy gold. Pay the market value based upon weight – stay away from any deals claiming to give collector value added worth. It bears more interest growth than the bank, anyway. Keep your gold in a safe deposit box or home safe.
Don’t keep more in the bank than you need to spend on bills in one monthly cycle. If IRS freezes your assets, they only get one month’s worth.
Do not incorporate your business – do a DBA.
The only thing they can go after is your domicile (if owned by the bank) or your car (if owned by the bank). Since the bank owns it, they can’t snatch it from you.
Keeping money in the bank, except to pay bills, isn’t doing a thing for you – but the bank gets to use your money at little or no interest payable to you, plus all their goofy fees. It just makes you more vulnerable to predators.
Do not tell your attorney about any assets you have, other than those in the bank – ever! They’re bigger predators than the IRS! Make it clear if he/she doesn’t win your case, he loses any fees he might reasonably expect to be paid. Do not allow him to bifurcate his fees separately from any court actions being pursued. He gets one modest retainer up front and nothing else until completion. An honest attorney understands this. If you hear anything else from an attorney about additional fees, get a new attorney – and demand that your retainer be returned immediately. Under no circumstances should he receive any monies, other than the modest retainer, until rulings are made by the court.
Umm…there are more things you need to know, but that’s most of it.
I would like to request a word [ scandalous ]
And i think you are really cool, i learn more from your videos everytime i watch.
Nate.
Night Everyone
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Hey, did that guy call our teacher a skank? that bastard.
Hi Marina!
I enjoy watching/listening to you on the O’Reilly Factor and hotforwords website. You have a unique and creative approach to etymology…keep up the good work and I love your beautiful Russian accent! Nostrovia! Any plans on writing a book? If it is not to much to ask, I would like to request the word (dissident) Thank you.
-Robert
SUPERMAN!
Looks like he’s smokin’ the kryp(tonite)
Hello Marina, I have been on the road but I thought I say hi.
Love the vid you are no skank, but I am sure you know how to play a man for the money.
Check out this guy.
He used a Millionaire Dating service to dupe women out of there money.
All women should beware of these websites.
They won’t find any good men there…
Doug, I wish I knew how to do what this guy did. I love rich women some day I will be in one of there manichean’s to give them there pampering. I won’t use them like this dude did, but will definitely kiss there asses!!!
We didn’t get to see which room Marina went into.
Is it the left one or the right one?
Dang, now I’m going to be up all night wondering.
I can think of a few skanks I knew from [back in the day.] Now days not so much.
Don’t you have to be over 60 to say ‘back in the day’ ha!
Not really. “Back in the day” was also last year!
There were lots of skanks in the city I grew up in.
The skank word was used often, especially when a girl was talking bad about another girl. Actually the majority of the times I heard this word is when came out of a girls mouth.
It’s a girly word.
It’s also an American word; I’ve never heard anyone use it over here – we call them “scrubbers”.
A
Oops. Do you know how that term originated? In the U.S., a scrubber is 1) a scraping device you use to clean pots and pans and the like with, or 2) something that cleans unwanted matter from a gas stream, such as pollution from an exhaust stack.
Suspect it also has something to do with polishing and friction.
Dear Marina,


You look very nice in your black dress decorated with a blue ribbon. No one should be so rude as to call you a skank. .You’re far too beautiful and your behavior is very modest.
I hope you get well from your cold, soon. Get plenty of rest, take Vitimin C and drink warm beverages like tea. Also, dress warmly when you go outside. We’ve had cold, rainy weather recently, and colds are very contagious. I hope you will be well by summer!
You used the title, “Broadcast from the past.” Is this an older video you decided to post, now? It looks like you have a cover on your sofa and to your left, I see a room that might be your kitchen. Did you set up a new shooting location for your videos? I got used to seeing you from your bed, or sometimes, sitting on a towel on your carpeted floor. Actually, I enjoy all your videos.
Seesixcm6
Marina’s doing battle with sxephile. Here’s a good BATTLE SONG for the occasion.
“Tulta munille!” (Google the meaning)”.
That was good
Finland rulez!
Best of all, I was there
Old School…I love it
Hmm… about skanks. I can truly say that some of the most caring people I have ever known were some of these “skanks.” Everybody has their baggage; some wear it out in the open for the world to see. Others find the necessity to hide their self-perception behind a mask of “normalcy.” Leonard can probably explain it better.
Skanky people are akin to that crowd some refer to as “tweakers.” It goes to intent. Some people will offer insults and rude remarks since they’re virtually hiding. You’re quite right about how anonymity gives certain types of ignorant people an opportunity to display their lack of finesse. Unfortunately we all are likely to know a few more sk*nky people than we want to know, regardless of what social class we’re in or think we’re in. Surely you come across as educated. Who can escape skanky people? I’ve known a few skanky people pretty high on the social register. Word etymology is something I consider essential because when you know the evolution of a word and all it’s shades of meaning, it makes life more full. The fact that you add your own charm to the subject is a plus. Some of us simply take you at face value and it’s a good face and good link to go come back to regularly. H.L. Mencken once said that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the public. It is kind of you to share your knowledge with the public. Some will be ungrateful and probably incorrigible. . I’m glad you’re thick skinned.
Is this just one more word we can use to try to make Others look worse than ourselves?
Our language sure does have an awful lot of vague, generalized, negative expressions.
Phrase Request
“the benefit of the doubt”
skink = lizard skank = lot lizard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on_2QDxzxJY&feature=PlayList&p=A2D9C062E6B56B50&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25
Stink, stank, stunk…..ok
Skink, skank, skunk?
I thought skank was the past tense form of skunk.
So, if skank is being recycled, is it skankier, or skunkier?
ready for class
Ive used the word myself
many times 
where it came from tnx 
B.B.
didn’t know untill now
I met a skank who hitch-hiked up and down the same part of a highway… when she smiled… she had a bunch of teeth missin’… eye-yeye-yah! “cringe-worthy!’
ACTION
FOGHAT
Speechless, are you?
Isn’t Phil the guy who tried to skunk Marina out of the Sexiest Geek Award? Hmmm…
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer…
Well, Ch* Ch*,
Did I already verbalize here that a woman and a c*p is a very dangerous combination? Forsooth, beware! T*ke c*ver!
L**k **t, Fr*nk – *t’s th* Bl*mp!
(Look out, Frank – it’s the Blimp!)
You’re first, so why the confuse look ?