This is one funky town -- a hotbed of bar bands that got national exposure in the 1980s thanks to Prince and a lively punk-rock scene. That scene is captured in "Funkytown," a new documentary that ...
Austin American-Statesman: ‘Funkytown’ Fort Worth has ‘Keep Austin Weird’ slogan to thank for its nickname
‘Funkytown’ Fort Worth has ‘Keep Austin Weird’ slogan to thank for its nickname
As the Wikipedia entry on Funk indicates, Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson has posited an African origin to the musical use of funky. Here is an expanded quote from his 1984 work, Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy: The slang term 'funky' in black communities originally referred to strong body odor, and not to 'funk,' meaning fear or panic. The black ...
meaning - Where does "funk" and/or "funky" come from and why the ...
The site also shows photos of USB attached to plastic bagel models. What does bupkes mean? Is it a flash memory in a bagel shape as described in bageldrive.com? Does it pass as the generic term of flash memory? Besides, I wonder why CIA takes bother of using such a funky shape of all flash memories to provide data to the requester.
Most people here understand there are two meanings, one used in general, and other used when someone is trying to sell you something. You should also note the 80's/90's era slang term fresh (also funky fresh) meaning new and cool.
The funky gibbon The two long 'o's in 'who' and 'you' are separated by a single short word also beginning with 'o'. Moreover, there are no hard consonants or sibilants to break up the phrase. When spoken therefore, the overall sonic effect is "oo-o-yoo", or perhaps something like "oo-a-yoo", depending on pronunciation.