Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female prostitute. · A boy or younger man who engages in sexual intercourse by an older man as a (usually passive) homosexual partner. · A passive or effeminate homosexual man. · A boy who accompanies a hobo, especially as used for sex.
Uncertain. Possibly from punk (“rotten wood dust used as tinder”), attested since 1678, to anything worthless (attested since 1869) and then to any undesirable person (since 1908). The relatively tame 21st century usage of punk (“prank”, verb) was popularized by the American television show Punk'd (2003).
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