Trash80 - Your funk is fine

When I got drunk by myself for quarantine² and was in my cups, this was the song that came up on WinAmp...



...so it is my semi-official anthem against covid-911...


FUNK is a great, great word...

1. † funk, n.1 a1393
...A spark. Also figurative. Cf. spunk1, punk3. English regional in later use....

2. funk, n.2 1606
...A powerful, unpleasant smell, esp. a pungent, earthy, or musky odour of sweat or other bodily excretions; a stink. Also as a mass noun. colloquial in later use...

3. funk, n.3 1677
...Tobacco, esp. of a poor, cheap, or inferior quality....

4. funk, n.4 1743
...Originally Oxford University. A state of panic, extreme nervousness, agitation, etc.; utter fear or terror. Esp. in in a funk. Also figurative. Cf. blue funk...

5. funk, n.5 1790
...Originally Scottish. A state or fit of gloom, bad temper, depression, irritation, etc. Esp. in in a funk. Cf. blue funk(b)blue1d....

6. † Funk, n.6 1842
...(A name for) a perpetrator of any of various ruses to raise prices or otherwise cheat buyers at an auction; = Peter Funk...

7. funk, v.1 1684
...intransitive. To play or dance to funk music; to introduce elements of funk into the performance of a song, piece of music, etc. Occasionally also transitive with cognate object....

8. funk, v.2 c1707
...intransitive. Of a horse, donkey, etc.: to kick up the back legs or heels; to shy....

9. funk, v.3 ?1746
...intransitive. To cower or tremble with fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion. Also with at....

10. funk, v.4 1967
...transitive. to funk up: to cause (something, esp. a place) to smell very strongly or unpleasantly....