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funksome en · ADJ

Etymology

From funk + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by funk (all senses)
   • 'I knew there was something funksome about you,' Malaria said, pointing a stubby finger. 2011, Steven Butler, The Wrong Pong:
   • David Byrne and Brian Eno record the My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts album. Byrne and Eno then rejoin Talking Heads in Nassau to record the funksome Remain In Light. 2004, Ian Gittins, Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime : the Stories Behind Every Song:
   • There's a funksome chunk of vocoder new jack pop from uber-producer Teddy Riley and BLACKSTREET to round things off nicely. 2008, Martin Charles Strong, Brendon Griffin, Lights, camera, sound tracks:
   • 'That Margarine is a funksome one.' And, without further ado, the great hulk of a troll swung Neville on to his shoulders and started galumphing off downhill. 2012, Steven Butler, Wrong Pong: Troll's Treasure:
   • Far from pursuing the out-of-body Platonism of Ambient, George Clinton wants to get you back into your body, in all its funksome fulsomeness: "I'm the product of a Pavlovian experiment/We rub each others' cheeks/We sniff each others' seats/We tug each others' leash when we find each other in heat/We scratch each others' fleas and put each other at ease/When in Dogtown, do as dogs do." 1995, The Wire, volumes 137-142:

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