Origin of Skank : In the late 1960's there was a bus company called Schaenck Bus Lines. The floors of the busses were covered with crud, like the kind found on movie theater floors,under the seats. Rumors accused Schaenck (pronounced skank) of using company busses to haul garbage to the dump at night, a job normally reserved for garbage trucks. In 1970, I asked a bus driver what the filthy crud was under the seats and he replied "That's Schaenk!" refering to the president of the bus company. Someone overheard and, not knowing the the name on the side of the bus was was pronounced skank, added the word to her vocabulary. Within the year, skank became a synonyn for dirty filthy crud, or greasy grimy scum.
Schaenck went out of business and the busses are now operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
By the mid 1980's , skank also came to mean a person, usually a heroin addict, who doesn't bathe and wears grungy clothes.
Schaenck went out of business and the busses are now operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
By the mid 1980's , skank also came to mean a person, usually a heroin addict, who doesn't bathe and wears grungy clothes.
"What's that skank?"
"That was a sandwich last week, no... ten days ago, but now it has mold growing on it."
"That was a sandwich last week, no... ten days ago, but now it has mold growing on it."
by AviationMetalSmith January 20, 2007
Someone who is nasty and trashy, but for some sickening reason think they are a peace of God-given beauty, but really they just cant afford a mirror! See also gutter skank!
by Frister October 25, 2005
by andie<3 January 04, 2008
by rosiepetals February 01, 2017
Chris: Hey you know marybeth?
Matt: Yeah...
Chris: She is a skank.
Matt: Word...
Chris: Lets go get a iced frappecino.
Matt:You have a large penis.
Matt: Yeah...
Chris: She is a skank.
Matt: Word...
Chris: Lets go get a iced frappecino.
Matt:You have a large penis.
by Moysey April 11, 2005
Skank
To skank:
To dance in a funny way, swinging your arms and scuffing the floor with your feet as you attempt to run on the spot. Face down. This cannot be done with a partner as you end up kicking each other.
To skank:
To dance in a funny way, swinging your arms and scuffing the floor with your feet as you attempt to run on the spot. Face down. This cannot be done with a partner as you end up kicking each other.
by Alice and lisa June 26, 2005
Heroin. Skanky The appearance and general cleanliness of someone addicted to Heroin. Similar to Skag and Skaggy
Yuck. 'Nuff said.
Yuck. 'Nuff said.
Eeeew, I saw Paul Doherty from school the other day. He's a complete skank head now.
If I catch the disgusting, nasty, filthy, skanky scum that leave their needles in my kid's school, I'll kill the lot of them!
If I catch the disgusting, nasty, filthy, skanky scum that leave their needles in my kid's school, I'll kill the lot of them!
by In chav town nobody can hear you think April 19, 2006