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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:40 PM
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So what is the male equivalent of the word "skank"?
Enquiring minds want to know.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:41 PM
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1. Himbo?
No, that's not right. It's not even a real word.

I don't know...good question.

Is Kevin Federline's picture going to appear under the definition, though?
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:07 PM
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22. Sure it's real!
and I often use "himbo" to denote a man of the sleeping around variety.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:30 PM
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24. Also can be used to describe a guy who is really attractive, but stupid...
I've met a few guys like that in my life.
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judaspriestess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:48 PM
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25. PUTO :-)
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:42 PM
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2. it used to be "scrub", hmm it's not player....
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whalerider55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:45 PM
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3. skank
i've always used it in a gender-neutral way

whalerider55
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:46 PM
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4. Me too.
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:46 PM
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5. Sleeze of course.
It sort of even sounds like skank.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:48 PM
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6. Sleeze, low-life, bum, POS, trailer-trash, scumbucket,....
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:48 PM
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7. Shrub
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:49 PM
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8. Douche bag.
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 04:49 PM by intheflow
At least, that's what we called them in my youth.

Other possibilities: dickhead, redneck, white trash loser.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:49 PM
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9. I Didn't Realize 'Skank' Was Feminine... I've Used It Interchangably
But beware... if there is a consensus that it's a gender-based epithet, then some among us might try to get it banned.
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Metatron Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:09 PM
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14. I also use it to describe women and men.
And, I will continue to do so.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:56 PM
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10. skeezer; skeeze
piss poor protoplasm
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:23 PM
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18. could be. Derived from Skeezix which goes back to the 30s I think.
:shrug:
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nine23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 04:58 PM
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11. Guido (Italian)? Guido wannabe (non-Italian)?
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 05:02 PM by nine23
John Travolta was pretty skanky in "Saturday Night Fever". You could smell his "cheap perfume" waifing off the screen...
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:00 PM
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12. Family Values Republican
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:00 PM
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13. He-ho.
Is the one I've heard at the hospital....
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:14 PM
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15. Loser
<eom>
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:21 PM
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16. skunk
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:22 PM
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17. Dawg?
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:24 PM
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19. Pimp.
*sigh* How I despise that word in the pop culture context.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:24 PM
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20. Sean Hannity?
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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 05:40 PM
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21. I'll go with the gender neutral crowd
But wouldn't it be "gigolo" if it wasn't gender neutral?

I've also heard the lesser "tramp" used for men and women.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:10 PM
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23. Skuzz? Skunk?
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Berserker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:51 PM
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26. Whore Dog myself
:evilgrin:
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:54 PM
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27. StopTheMorans
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chiburb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:15 PM
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28. Schmegma. n/t
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:18 PM
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29. a playa, a mack daddy,
but they aren't pejorative as is skank...
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TexasProgresive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:59 PM
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30. Since skank is a Ska word for dance or dancing
how does gender figure. And bimbo is masculine as in baby boy-used as a derogatory towards certain Italian men. So how did these terms become feminine insults?
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democracy eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 08:21 PM
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31. Man-Skank
kind of like Man-Whore
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democracy eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 08:43 PM
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32. my wife just said that 'criminal'
is a man-skank ho equivalent in Jamaican

timely enough, there was a misunderstanding between some of the international students at school today. one of the Jamaican guys thought someone called him a criminal and got kind of offended...
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 11:16 PM
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33. slimeball, or slime
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 11:20 PM
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34. Tom DeLay?
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