# We invent a new word at work - enskanked

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 20, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236 "2005-07-20T02:34:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/1 "2005-07-20T02:34:09Z")

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One of the guys at work has attracted the attention of a woman that most people consider a “skank”. This has lead to two great discoveries - his charm has been dismissed by one of the women calling him a “skank magnet” and today when he was seen chatting her up someone said he had been “enskanked” so I give you.

**en·skank** ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-skank)  
tr.v. en·skank·ed, en·skank·ing, en·skanks  
To cast a spell over;  
To attract using the “charms” of a skank

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/2 "2005-07-20T02:35:06Z")

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We still use the delightful olde “cuntstruck”.

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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/3 "2005-07-20T03:02:43Z")

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Aha, again we have–a bit of a cultural gap. Use that c-word anywhere near a woman up here and…well…_kaboom_

I like ‘enskanked’ and will use it in daily conversation.

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/4 "2005-07-20T03:24:18Z")

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Put it here:

> **[Urban Dictionary, October 19: infohazard](https://www.urbandictionary.com/)**
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> A piece of information that can be dangerous for a reader to know about.

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**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/5 "2005-07-20T03:27:10Z")

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> [@TheLoadedDog](#):
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> We still use the delightful olde “cuntstruck”.

Ooh, I like that. Won’t be able to use it often, though.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/6 "2005-07-20T03:56:48Z")

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I’ve put “enskanked” in.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/7 "2005-07-20T12:36:49Z")

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Enskanked— **BAND NAME!** 😃

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**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-invent-a-new-word-at-work-enskanked/313236/8 "2005-07-21T01:47:23Z")

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I like the word and the definition provided, but I think there could also be an alternate definition based on the word ensconced.

Ensconced means safely and/or comfortably settled in place. As in "He was firmly ensconced in his armchair, reading his favorite book.

I suggest a second definition for enskanked: safely and comfortably settled in the role of “skank”. In other words, not just slightly skanky, but fully and happily skanky.