Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
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Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
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Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture such as:
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Punk fashion
Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewellery, and body modifications of the punk counterculture. Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs to styles modeled on bands like The Exploited to the dressed ...
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Punk ideologies
Punk ideologies are a group of varied social and political beliefs associated with the punk subculture and punk rock. It is primarily concerned with concepts such as mutual aid, against selling out, egalitarianism, humanitarianism, anti-autho ...
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Punk literature
Punk literature (also called punk lit and, rarely, punklit) is literature related to the punk subculture. The attitude and ideologies of punk rock gave rise to distinctive characteristics in the writing it manifested. It has influenced the trans ...
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Punk visual art
Punk visual art is artwork associated with the punk subculture and the No wave movement. It is prevalent in punk rock album covers, flyers for punk concerts and punk zines, but has also been prolific in other mediums, such as the visual ar ...
Writing genres
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Cyberpunk derivatives
Since the advent of the cyberpunk genre, a number of derivatives of cyberpunk have become recognized in their own right as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction, especially in science fiction.
Rather than necessarily sharing the digitally and ...
, subgenres of speculative fiction with universes built on one particular technology that is extrapolated to a highly sophisticated level, a gritty transreal urban style, or a particular approach to social themes
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Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and c ...
, a science fiction subgenre with a computers-focused setting
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Biopunk
Biopunk (a portmanteau of "biotechnology" or "biology" and "punk") is a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on biotechnology. It is derived from cyberpunk, but focuses on the implications of biotechnology rather than mechanical cyberware and ...
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Nanopunk
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Postcyberpunk
Since the advent of the cyberpunk genre, a number of derivatives of cyberpunk have become recognized in their own right as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction, especially in science fiction.
Rather than necessarily sharing the digitally and ...
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Steampunk, a science fiction subgenre that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery
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Atompunk
Since the advent of the cyberpunk genre, a number of derivatives of cyberpunk have become recognized in their own right as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction, especially in science fiction.
Rather than necessarily sharing the digitally and ...
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Clockpunk
Since the advent of the cyberpunk genre, a number of derivatives of cyberpunk have become recognized in their own right as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction, especially in science fiction.
Rather than necessarily sharing the digitally and ...
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Dieselpunk
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Splatterpunk
Splatterpunk is a movement within horror fiction originating in the 1980s, distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence, countercultural alignment and "hyperintensive horror with no limits.""Schow, David J." by
Gary Westfahl in ...
, a movement within horror fiction in the 1980s, distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence
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Solarpunk
Solarpunk is a literary and artistic movement that envisions and works toward actualizing a sustainable future interconnected with nature and community. The "solar" represents solar energy as a renewable energy source and an optimistic vision of t ...
, an emerging genre of fiction with themes of sustainability and ecology as solutions to global challenges.
People
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Punk (video game player)
Victor Woodley, better known under the name Punk, is an American ''Street Fighter'' player.
Career Rise to success and Eleague 2017
Punk began playing ''Street Fighter'' professionally after the release of ''Street Fighter IV'' in 2009. Though ...
(born 1999), professional ''Street Fighter V'' player
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CM Punk (born 1978), American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Arts, entertainment and media
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''Punks'' (film), a 2000 film centered on a group of LGBT African American friends
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P.U.N.K.S.'', a 1999 movie about a group of bullied teens who find a suit created by a scientist
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''Punk'' (Chai album), 2019
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''Punk'' (Young Thug album), 2021
* "Punk", a song from the 2001 Gorillaz
self-titled debut album
* "Punk", a song from the 2003 Ferry Corsten album ''
Right of Way
Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another.
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''Punk'' (magazine), a 1970s United States punk music magazine
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The Encyclopedia of Punk
''The Encyclopedia of Punk'' is a reference book about punk rock written by Brian Cogan, an associate professor in the Department of Communications at Molloy College
Molloy University is a private Roman Catholic university in Rockville Centr ...
'', a 2006 reference work by Brian Cogan
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''Punk'' (TV series), an American documentary television series
Other uses
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Punk (fireworks)
A punk is a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuses. It is safer than a match or a lighter because it can be used from a greater distance and does not use an open flame. They are made of bamboo and a brown coating of compressed sa ...
, a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuse
* Punk, a colloquialism for the cattail reed, genus ''
Typha''
* Punkwood, rotted or fungus-infested wood which is brittle and crumbly.
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Punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
, an evil robot from the Mega Man series
See also
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Donny the Punk
Stephen Donaldson (July 27, 1946 – July 18, 1996), born Robert Anthony Martin Jr and also known by the pseudonym Donny the Punk, was an American bisexual rights activist, and political activist. He is best known for his pioneering activism in ...
(1946–1996), United States prison reform activist
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Punk'd
''Punk'd'' is an American hidden camera– practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003. It was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, with Kutcher serving as producer and host. It bears a resemblance to both t ...
'', an MTV hidden-camera television program
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