Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 09:20:35 -0700

From: Allen Maberry maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: my grades are punk



My grandmother (b. 1900, grew up in Iowa, moved to Pacific Northwest in

1918) used "punk" primarily in the sense of not feeling well, but also

less frequently as a synonym of "bad" or "lousy." I think she was the

only person I ever heard use it with those meanings.

allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Becky Howard, Department of Interdisciplinary Writing, Colgate University wrote:



I've heard "punk" used that way to describe someone who isn't feeling well.



Becky Howard

Colgate