ponkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

A false reading for pouke; see Puck.

名詞

ponk (plural ponks)

1. (obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit.
   • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion:

     Ne let the ponk, nor other evil sprights, / Ne let mischievous witches with their charms […]

   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Marrying a ponk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging

語源 2

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The equivalent to "sissy" in the South. During the 1990s, the term punk in AAVE (which is pronounced more like ponk in Miami, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana) developed this meaning.

名詞

ponk (plural ponks)

1. (African-American Vernacular, New Orleans, possibly offensive) An effeminate or gay man. (Can we verify this sense?)
   • 2025 May 22, Iciestbrim (@IcyBrimcess), “iciestbrim”, in Twitter (X)‎:

     “ “Ion play bout my homeboy” yea cuz you fuckin him. these men be ponks themselves onna low just look at this ngga wit his tongue out posin like the ponk”

   • 2025 May 5, Davey Bad (@daveybad), ““Ponk””, in Tiktok‎:

     Yall can’t say “ponk” no more. Straight people, yall can’t say “ponk” no more. It’s sounding too phobic, too slurish-.”

アナグラム

• knop