What is Lank?
1.
South African slang, is used to give emphasis to something (a replacement for very). Mostly used amongst surfers, but has become incresingly prolific amongst young people in South Africa.
That guy's lank scary
That sandwich looks lank dodgy
2.
An
-"What's goin down tonight hay?"
-"I'm not sure yet."
-"When you find out, LANK, aight?"
-"Aight, my
nig . I'llholla ."
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3.
The action of one forcibly grabbing someone else’s face and smearing their hand across the said face or in some cases the eye. This action is used to generally humiliate the lankee and show the dominance and superiority of the lanker. There are varying degrees of a lank ranging from the gentle eye smear to the violent dual hand multiple swipes. A lank can be performed by sneaking up on the lankee or face to face.
“Aw man you just got lanked!”
“It’s alright I’ll lank him back so hard he’ll have stretch marks on his face.”
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4.
A further set of popular South African senses beyond the most common "very" are those meaning "many", "a lot" or "very much"
There were lank people on the beach that day.
In an attempt to lose weight, he's been running lank.
She's really nice; I dig her lank.
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5.
a person that is
"You are the biggest lank ever. Just look at that other gangly little lank walk around like a stick with shoes."
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6.
Lanky, Prone to being lank
Evan Marten is a Lank, You could blow him over with your breath
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7.
a very sexy person who will often boat your boots.
"man that girls a total lank."
"yeah...i wish she'd boat my boots."
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