Talk:dank

Dank as in potent is not a valid meaning for this word. It is a stolen word used to denote something that has nothing to do with the meaning, simply borrowed as an slang/urban word by people who misstook rank for dank and "liked the way it sounded," when corrected. The misuse of the word started in the 2000's in Colorado and it is "stoner lingo", not accepted meaning. 98.118.66.168 04:05, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

This is a descriptive dictionary: if people use it, we include it. It should probably have some kind of template to indicate that it's not standard English, but it looks to me like there are enough uses that meet our Criteria For Inclusion to justify the existence of the sense. Also, I think you're off base characterizing a term as "stolen", since no one "owns" a living language, and you don't seem to have a very good understanding of how words develop. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:30, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

dark?

unpleasantly damp and cold
[14th century. Probably < N Germanic]
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