Commonly mixed up with a wankster (wannbe/white gangster), a pankster is the peaceful version of a gangster. Panksters set out to try and demolish the common sterotypes of gangsters. While dress, speech, and personas vary in panksters, they generally dress with pants low on hips, wife beater
tank tops, and over sized shirts. The things that set them apart are the fact that they
will adorn symbols of peace on the
person(
s), and attempt to use peace to diffuse stressful situations.
Jill: Hey, did you see the
fight at
lunch today?
Beth: No, what happened?
Jill: Marcus almost punched Jake's lights out.
Beth: Why didn't he?
Jill: Steve, the
local Pankster stepped in and straightened things out.