crunk

crunk
 adj.— «On that same MTV broadcast, TLC’s Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins introduced another addition to the Southern lingo list, “crunk”—as in “really good.” Or the way Watkins put it: “That video was crunk.’’» —“Local rappers spelling out Atlanta’s new moniker” by Sonia Murray Atlanta Journal and Constitution Aug. 21, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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