shanked

shanked, shank.

orgin: prison slang

shanked: to be stabbed with a homemade knife.

made out of scrap of metal found anywhere and sharpend like a knife. and bottom tightly wrapped with a cloth as a handle.

"CrookedEye John" got shanked up..

I heard he got hit with a rusty shank.

by Lec2 February 9, 2003

shank's mare

Literally, your leg's horse. To go about on your feet. An old expression no one ever uses.

"You look beat! How did you get here?"
"I came all this way on shank's mare!"
"No wonder you're tired!"

by Vee Are Are Schee May 22, 2004

shank bounce

to abruptly leave bounce from a particular event, leaving without letting anyone know that you have bouncend.

Yo has anyone seen him nah he must have shank bounced.

Hey where did you go lastnight you didn't even say goodbye O lastnight yea I did a shank bounce.

by Ni2Bic October 24, 2006

Shakoofa

A flower, a person that brings happiness to other people's lives.

You are my shakoofa.

by angel@12 September 27, 2011

shankapytomus

a Walrus with sharpened shrapnel.

Your mom is a fucking shankapytomus

by chupee7 February 23, 2015

shakon

A newly created musical term meaning, "A composition infused with emotion and harmony." The term began to be heavily used in the early twenty-first century and has come to envelop a myriad of musical styles.

I really enjoyed the movement entitled "Shakon" during the concert last night!

by DamageControl26 July 3, 2019

Sankofa

The concept of “Sankofa” is derived from King Adinkera of the Akan people of West Africa. “Sankofa” is expressed in the Akan language as Sankofa bird “se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki.” Literally translated, this means “it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot”.

“Sankofa” teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. That is, we should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone, or been stripped of can be reclaimed, revived, preserved, and perpetuated.

Visually and symbolically, “Sankofa” is expressed as a mythic bird that flies forward while looking backward with an egg (symbolizing the future) in its mouth. This ties with our motto: “In order to understand our present and ensure our future, we must know our past.”

Sankofa is a proverbial term from the language of the Akan people of Ghana.

by anonymous September 30, 2020