English
Pronunciation
IPA|/kr��k/
SAMPA|/krVNk/
Etymology
There is no evidence "crunk" comes from the Yiddish and German words meaning "sick" or "ill" ("krank" in both languages), despite the phonetic similarity of the words (see this LanguageLog post for information on the high probability of chance similarity among languages). Nor is there any evidence it was brought into the Southern Black vernacular through the presence of European Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in black neighborhoods in cities such as Atlanta. More likely, and more often claimed, is that it is a combination of "crazy" and "drunk" or that it indicates a state in which the user is simultaneously drunk and high on marijuana. Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz were early popularizers of the term in the 2000s. See w:crunk#Etymology|the etymology section of the Wikipedia article for more information.
Adjective
en-adj|er
- (US slang) Crazy and drunk; according to the Double-Tongued Word Wrester dictionary, good, phat, fine.
Quotations
timeline|
2000s=2003<br>2004<br>2005
2002, Ashanti, Foolish/Unfoolish 1
2003, Todd Boyd, The New H.N.I.C. 2
2005, Tamara Palmer, Country Fried Soul 3
Alternative spellings
krunk
Noun
en-noun|-
- A type of rap that originated in the southern United States.
See also
w:crunk|Wikipedia article on crunk
Quotations
timeline|
2000s=2004<br>2005
2004, Crunk Classics [title] 4
2005, Michael Joseph Corcoran, All Over the Map 5
2005, Tamara Palmer, Country Fried Soul 6
2005, David Katz, Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30 7
1997, Stephen King, "The Wizard and the Glass"
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