(n) blackflies, a kind of small biting fly or gnat. The word has the same Native American root as the name of the town Punxsutawney, PA.
If you are surrounded by a cloud of punkies, go into a car or tent, and they will all land on the walls. Then you can squish them easily.
by Heptune May 17, 2005

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(n) a deerfly, a huge biting fly with striped wings that lives in northern Canada. Newfoundland slang.
I hit the stout with a hammer and thought I had killed it, but it just shook itself off and flew away.
by Heptune May 17, 2005

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(n) The foul-smelling fruit of the ginko tree, which, because it contains butyric acid, smells like rotten butter or puke.
The puke berry comes only from female ginko trees and looks like a small apricot and has a large, round pit.
by Heptune May 18, 2005

(n) small, hard particles that come from blackheads and pores, extracted by firmly rubbing the face.
I saw the girl by the grill rubbing her face for crumbles, and I hoped she wasn't going to handle my burger.
by heptune June 15, 2006
