mosh pit. slam dancing and Skanks

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 08:02:25PM -0500, Sam Clements wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Keer" <edkeer at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 5:50 PM
> Subject: Re: mosh pit. slam dancing
>
>
> > I wouldn't think NY was the home of the mosh pit. DC
> > was more the beginning of the hardcore scene where I
> > suppose moshing started. Though LA is a possibility.
> > FWIW 'slam-dancing' went by several different names in
> > Philly back in 83-84: skanking, thrashing, moshing,
> > and the variant stage-diving.
> Ed
>
> So, is this the origin of the current epithet "skank" for a loose woman?(or
> whatever it means)

No, that term (of unknown origin) dates back at least to the
early 1960s.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED