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Word of the Day: Stank (slang)
Stank can have different slang meanings.
Some of these meanings are not very polite, but I am introducing a family-friendly sense of the word today.
If you improve something and make it better and cooler (it must be cool), then you put some stank on it.
I love muscle cars and enjoy being around a muscle car with some stank on it.
Put a wicked paint job on a muscle car, drop in a big engine and slap on a nice set of fat tires, and you will create a vehicle that’s got stank.
Now, of course, there’s no accounting for taste, and what’s cool to one person is pedestrian to another.
I like the colour green.
Green and orange are my favourite colours.
If you combine a muscle car with the colour green, I will tell you it’s cool.
You can also do the same to music.
Sometimes, a piece of music is good but does not have enough vibe or energy.
Something’s missing, but you can’t quite put your finger on it.
In that case, you should bring the piece of music to someone else and let them listen to it.
Perhaps they can hear what’s missing and suggest how you can put some stank on it.
Then the music will be much more lively and catchy.
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