The more you know! > THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH (AAVE) MEANING OF "STANK" "Stank" is an African American Vernacular English adjective that means "

The more you know! > THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH (AAVE) MEANING OF "STANK" "Stank" is an African American Vernacular English adjective that means "really stinks". “Stank” can also be an African American Vernacular English(AAVE) noun. One AAVE meaning for that noun is “someone or something who (that) really stinks”. No past tense is meant or implied by the AAVE word “stank”. > Although the word “stank” in the saying “Put some tank on it” originally meant to have an odorous (stinky) smell, the contemporary meaning of “stank” in that saying means to add your own unique flavor (style) to something that you do and in doing so, make it funky (with "funky" meaning "very good". > The phrase "add some soul to it" and "add your own flavor to the mix" are synonyms for "Put some stank on it". http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-african-american-originated-phrase.html?m=1 http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-african-america...