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danalto

danalto

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See my previous topic "lay of the land", please! ;)

A couple of sentences:

VALENS Lay of the land, Jim. We got sperm from whoever raped and killed Eve.



JEFFRIES And we got three bags full of your beer bottles out in the hall there.



VALENS We compare DNA from your slobber on them bottles, to the spunk…



SPUNK????


thank you!
 
    • danalto said:
    See my previous topic "lay of the land", please! ;)

    A couple of sentences:

    VALENS Lay of the land, Jim. We got sperm from whoever raped and killed Eve.



    JEFFRIES And we got three bags full of your beer bottles out in the hall there.



    VALENS We compare DNA from your slobber on them bottles, to the spunk…



    SPUNK????


    thank you!
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    I think it's the vulgar way to say sperm, semen...

    the suspected guy is really an agreeable person, as far as I can see from what you wrote
     
    Spunk means sperm in this example, but for future reference it also means vigor and strength of spirit or temperament, the courage to carry on:
    He kept fighting on pure spunk.
    You haven't got the heart for baseball, this sport requires real spunk.
    She got the job because the interviewer was impressed by her spunk.
     
    lsp said:
    Spunk means sperm in this example, but for future reference it also means vigor and strength of spirit or temperament, the courage to carry on:
    He kept fighting on pure spunk.
    You haven't got the heart for baseball, this sport requires real.
    She got the job because the interviewer was impressed by her spunk.
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    Okay, grazie millecinquecento! (mille era troppo poco!)
     
    Can't argue with M-W! For me, I want to know all the possibilities, but most importantly to know how people are really using words. That's why I come here, even with ample reference materials both online and in print. Often the dictionaries provide definitions in theory while the forum provides them in actual practice. For their spunk entry, definitions 2 & 3 will fly in any normal conversation. With the first, though, you'd be speaking excellent English and yet few would understand you!
     
    :arrow: The NEW OXFORD Dictionary
    OF ENGLISH

    spunk
    noun [MASS NOUN]
    1*informal courage and determination.
    2*Brit. vulgar slang semen.
    3*[COUNT NOUN] Austral. informal a sexually attractive person.

    ORIGIN     mid 16th cent. (in the sense a spark, vestige): of unknown origin; perhaps a blend of SPARK1 and obsolete funk spark.



    :arrow: Spunk is courage. (INFORMAL)
    I admired her independence and her spunk.
    N-UNCOUNT approval
    = guts
    (c) HarperCollins Publishers.


    :arrow: spunk [Perh. blend of SPARK n.1 and FUNK n.1, but cf. also Ir. sponc, Gael. spong tinder, ult. f. L spongia, Gk spoggia SPONGE n.1. Cf. PUNK n.2 & a.] 1 A spark; fig. a glimmer, a vestige, (of some quality, light, etc.). Now chiefly Sc. & dial. M16. b A small or feeble fire. Chiefly Sc. E19. 2 = TOUCHWOOD 1. Now rare. L16. 3 = TOUCHWOOD 2. Now rare. M17. 4 = MATCH n.2 4. Chiefly Sc. & dial. M18. 5 a Spirit, mettle; courage, pluck. colloq. L18. b Seminal fluid. coarse slang. L19. c A sexually attractive person. Austral. slang. L20.spunkless a. (colloq.) lacking courage or spirit L19.

    ---------------------------------------------------------
    Tomado de Oxford Talking Dictionary
    Copyright © 1998 The Learning Company, Inc. Reservados todos los derechos.

    :arrow: These definitions come from Cambridge Dictionary

    spunk (ATTRACTIVE MAN) /spVNk/ noun [C] ANZ informal
    a sexually attractive man
    Have you met Malcolm yet - he's a real spunk!

    spunk (BRAVERY) /spVNk/ noun dated informal
    bravery and determination
    For God's sake, man, where's your spunk!

    spunk (SEXUAL LIQUID) /spVNk/ noun taboo slang
    semen (= liquid sent out through the penis during sexual activity)

    :arrow: Merriam & Webster's has only the meanings Silviap has posted.


    Art ;) :p :)
     
    Art, do not, I REPEAT DO NOT try this one in the States, I implore you! :D

    spunk (ATTRACTIVE MAN) /spVNk/ noun [C] ANZ informal
    a sexually attractive man
    Have you met Malcolm yet - he's a real spunk!
     
    lsp said:
    Art, do not, I REPEAT DO NOT try this one in the States, I implore you! :D

    spunk (ATTRACTIVE MAN) /spVNk/ noun [C] ANZ informal
    a sexually attractive man
    Have you met Malcolm yet - he's a real spunk!
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    lsp said:
    Can't argue with M-W! For me, I want to know all the possibilities, but most importantly to know how people are really using words. That's why I come here, even with ample reference materials both online and in print. Often the dictionaries provide definitions in theory while the forum provides them in actual practice. For their spunk entry, definitions 2 & 3 will fly in any normal conversation. With the first, though, you'd be speaking excellent English and yet few would understand you!
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    lsp, se non avessi postato quel link, tu non l'avresti letto, non avresti spiegato quello che hai spiegato, e io non l'avrei probabilmente mai saputo. Ne convieni?
     
    Avalon said:
    Isp, i'm from LA, & i've never encountered "spunk" used in that context, "attractive man".
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    Ciao Avalon!!

    Questa frase si dice così in New Zealand non in America !! ( per favore correggere i miei errori!!)

    Bye, Art :) ;) :p
     
    Artrella said:
    Ciao Avalon!!

    Questa frase :cross:si dice così:cross: in :cross:New Zealand :cross: non in America !! ( per favore :cross:correggere:cross: i miei errori!!)
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    Questa frase :tick:viene usata in :tick: Nuova Zelanda, non in America! (per favore :tick: correggete i miei errori!)

    ciao! ;)
     
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