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Subject:Re: A Friday query From:Mike Pope <mikep -at- ASYMETRIX -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 31 May 1994 09:39:00 PDT
>What does "funky" mean? Is it slang? Is it confined to
>converstaion? (I consider these posts to be conversation.) What
>is a funky restaurant?
Without looking it up, I'd say that "funky" means "unusual, offbeat", which
as shown by your examples, is not inhererently good or bad; the value
judgement comes from the context. PS, yes, slang, ca 1960s, US.
