spunky

abc   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:07 am GMT
"here is my spunky paper "
what does "spunky" mean? I tried dictionary.com and it made it even harder
Stan   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:25 am GMT
Have you tried a dictionary
Chris   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:35 am GMT
energetic

or

foul
Guest   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:42 am GMT
It sounds like nonsense to me. Where did you see that?
abc   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:44 am GMT
Stan, get a life. We're in 2006 and not in 92.
Chris, thnx
Guest, in an email
Guest   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:46 am GMT
Okay. Well, maybe they were joking. "Spunky" can't be used to describe an inanimate object.
Guest   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:51 am GMT
Actually, I take that back. Before I was thinking of a _sheet_ of paper, but now I realize that it's more likely a written work that they're referring to. Is that right? In that case, a "spunky paper" would be a piece of writing that gives you the impression the writer is energetic.
Uriel   Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:14 am GMT
Yes, you could use it like that. Spunky means bold and lively.
abc   Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:15 am GMT
"but now I realize that it's more likely a written work that they're referring to. Is that right?"

Yupe. It was a paper about Katrina. Could you gimme more examples as to how to use this word?
abc   Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:05 pm GMT
Thanx Uriel
Uriel   Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:34 pm GMT
Well, usually people are spunky, and for some reason it's applied more often to girls or children. It's sort of a light-hearted word. "She was a spunky barrel-racer from Colorado" or "she had a spunky attitude".
Rick Johnson   Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:05 pm GMT
The original meaning of "spunk" seems to have died out almost completely in Britain. The word is only really used as a slang word for semen and any mention of someone being "spunky", in american or aussie soaps, makes young Brits giggle.
Guest   Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:18 am GMT
In Australia, spunky means sexy. I bet Uriel's a spunky chick.
Uriel   Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:03 am GMT
True, true...

No, Rick, "spunk" is a slang term for semen here as well. Context is everything....
Uriel   Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:06 am GMT
And that should be Stan's cue to tell us that we are all degenerate perverts who are going to hell.