More on "punk"

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:11 PM -0700 6/14/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Luckily for us the historicity of MSL doesn't matter.  Its date is
>all that counts.
>
>"Spunk" is not only still current in Britain; it now has some U.S.
>currency as well.  In a certain genre of, um, literature, anyway.
>
>Howzabout we drop the commas and coin the term "um literature," with
>the stress on "um" ?
>
>JL

Or maybe just "umliterature" sansspace, as in "umfriend"?  (The
latter, variously defined as 'A sexual relationship of dubious
standing or a concealed intimate relationship, such as, "This is
Bridget, my.... um.... friend"' has 580 google hits.)

larry