Spunk

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(thing) by iain (5.5 y) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Aug 23 2000 at 13:00:05

A common British slang term for semen. Hence the hilarity that inevitably ensues in the UK upon hearing an American saying something like "Gee, Randy, you sure look like you're full of spunk today".

Just to clear things up (no pun intended) regarding the everyone WU here: in the UK spunk only has the slang meaning, it's never used in the "dictionary" sense.

(idea) by everyone (3.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Aug 23 2000 at 13:39:55

"Spunk" is a common slang for ejaculate in the United States, as well, although it's also used by the dictionary definition, and nobody seems to get it mixed up. I doubt you'll find any American over the age of 8 and under the age of 60 who doesn't know that spunk means ejaculate when used in a slang sense.

We are reaching the point, though, where it's becoming more and more difficult to use spunk by the dictionary definition, because at the first mention of the word, the nearest person with the mentality of a 13-year-old or less will shout "HAH HAH HAH U R TALKING ABOUT SEMUN HAH HAH HAH!!!" (Don't worry about how they actully manage to SAY "U R"... they just do.

Sometimes good for a laugh. In Wing Commander 4, the writers obviously must have been smoking crack when they wrote the following line for Captain Eisen, commenting on Colonel Blair's enthusiasm:

"God, I love that boy's spunk."

(thing) by andersa (11.2 hr) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Feb 28 2004 at 11:47:57

A popular Scandinavian salted licorice.

Named after a fantasy creature¹ described in the Pippi Longstocking novel Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren.

Sold in square black packets with a yellow and red Spunk creature painted on.

Ingredients

Modified starch
Sugar
Raw licorice
Gelatine
Ammonium chloride (5% per weight)
Flavour supplements
Hardened vegetable oil
Bee wax (non-stick surface treatment)

1. The name is translated as Spink in the English version...

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:21:44

Spunk (sp&ucr;&nsm;k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp&omac;n a chip. Cf. Sponge, Punk.] [Written also sponk.]

Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.

Sir T. Browne.

An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.

[Colloq.]

A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body. Prof. Wilson.

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chaos

Nice people swallow	What one object of modern technology would bring you ultimate power in the 15th century ?	teen spirit	randy
Swearword Combos	salted licorice	ammonium chloride	Five Go Mad in Dorset
A Rejection of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle	Spunky	Cypherpunk	punk
Forloren Skildpadde	flarn	Rare Flesh	spunkball
Sugar	Outgush	Female ejaculation	LEGO
Touchwood	Placebo	Astrid Lindgren	sponk

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