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Skank or skanky is a slang term and its contemporary usage in the United States has been to describe a particular kind of female behavior, characterized by wanton selfishness, repeated self-detrimental behavior, flirting and sexual promiscuity. Some examples include, but not limited to certain high profile female celebrities who exhibit this kind of conduct, though it can also apply to any female regardless of fame.

This term in other context can be used as an adjective or noun referring to one who is undesirable as a result of unacceptable behavior. Most often this behavior relates to drug use, sexual practices, and/or personal hygiene and style. Originally associated with a bad smell and/or scummy or dirty surface, it has come to refer to someone who is either or both physically repugnant for their filth and morally or socially repugnant for their behavior and demeanor, most often sexually. Prostitutes are often associated with the term though in reference to a usually non-whoring person. It is pejorative. "Skanking" originally referred to menstruation, but today it is usually used to refer to a dance where the dancer jumps in a rhythm similar to skipping and swings one hand out to their side and then back in and across their body while kicking the opposite leg out- then doing the same with the other arm and leg and repeating.

In the United Kingdom, the term has also been used to describe someone who is tight with their money. To be skanked or to skank someone is used as a verb to be ripped off or to rip someone off. Often a term expressed in relation to drugs.

Other uses

Skank can also refer to:

Bang: the typical offbeat figure played by rhythm guitar and piano in ska music and its offshoots such as reggae.
Skank (dance): a form of dance related to Ska (Bob Marley's reggae music (Track 1 on his 1978 Kaya album is Easy Skanking) and Hardcore punk (moshing).
Skank (band): a Brazilian pop/reggae/ska band, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
More recently in the UK has been used as a slang verb to pull ones trousers down - to skank someone

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