Where did skanking originate from?

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Question by kit kat
Submitted on 8/29/2003
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Where did skanking originate from?

Answer by Jon Blac
Submitted on 12/8/2003
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Skanking is a Jamaican word for dancing. One "skank" ones feet, so to speak. For example...."Rude Boys Skanking" means..rude boys dancing.

Answer by rude girl jimmy
Submitted on 1/6/2004
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do u smoke drugs...............my dads a police man

Answer by dasd
Submitted on 2/1/2004
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NARC^^^^

Answer by DeSudet
Submitted on 11/10/2004
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You've got to be kidding me... Skanking is from Jamaica, but is in reference to accentuating the off beat. If you pay attention to almost any ska tune, you'll notice they'll pluck their guitars (or toot their horns) between the down beats. As for the origination of the word itself? No idea...

Answer by jj
Submitted on 2/11/2005
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skanking is slang for conning a dude, originates from london

Answer by Stevie Skank
Submitted on 11/1/2005
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skanking kicks ass

Answer by maco
Submitted on 12/25/2005
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People were "doing the ska" in Jamaica. It was similar to the twist, I guess. When ska hit the UK, the punks mixed in. The speed of punk made the movements a little less controlled, as did the aggression. That's when the arm swings got wild and people kicked instead of taking little steps.

Answer by Francheska
Submitted on 3/30/2006
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I thought that was an insulting word!

Answer by JCUK
Submitted on 5/2/2006
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Skanking did originate in Jamaica but originally it was just a free-form way of dancing to the original ska seen in Jamaican dance halls until the British ska, punk and ska-core scene started using their way of dancing and made variations on it. The best demonstration of this was when Madness first came around at the late end of the punk scene.

Answer by lau
Submitted on 7/2/2006
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skanking'amazing! so fun!

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