a blue funk

1. A melancholy, depressed, or dejected state. Jill has been in a blue funk ever since her wife moved out. Did you hear that Nick got rejected by his first-choice school? Yeah, he's really been in a blue funk over it. I've just been in a blue funk this week, so I decided to go to the botanical gardens to try to raise my spirits.

2. An extremely anxious, nervous, or fearful state. I was in a blue funk waiting to hear the outcome of the surgery. Oh man, that turbulence got us in a blue funk. I've never been so happy to be back on solid ground again! Are you still in a blue funk over the exam? I'm sure you did great.

See also: blue, funk

be in a (blue) funk

slang

1. To be in a melancholy, depressed, or dejected state. Ever since I got rejected from my first-choice college, I've been in a funk. I'm taking Don out tonight because he's been in a blue funk since his wife left him. A: "Does Jill seem down to you?" B: "Yeah, I think she's still in a blue funk over not getting the promotion."

2. To be in an extremely anxious, nervous, or fearful state. I was in a blue funk waiting to hear the outcome of the surgery. Janine has been in a funk about her driving test today. I hope she passes and gets her license. Carrie's been in a blue funk waiting for the doctor to call with the test results.

See also: funk

fake the funk

slang To pretend to be cooler or more knowledgeable than one actually is. You can't fake the funk, man—you're either cool or you're not. There's nothing lamer than some middle-aged man trying to fake the funk. Nobody cares if you were cool once upon a time! Have you ever talked to Tim about music? Dude fakes the funk—he clearly knows nothing about the cool bands we like.

funk out

dated To fail, shrink from, or refuse to do something due to fear; to chicken out. The soldier was court-martialed for funking out ahead of the attack. I wasn't surprised Billy had funked out. He always was a great big wuss. He says he'll do the prank with us, but he's a wimp—he'll funk out when the time comes.

See also: funk, out

funked out

slang Intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really funked out! Well, I must have been funked out if I got up and did karaoke at the bar last night! Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's funked out.

See also: funk, out

funking

slang A euphemistic spelling of "fucking" when used as an intensifier. I'm funking serious, dude—get outta my face or I'm going to tell the teacher on you! A: "That is absolutely funking ridiculous!" B: "You can swear in the chat, you know. You're not going to get in trouble." A: "Aren't you mad at Angela for starting these rumors?" B: "I am! But the kids are here, so all I can say is that Angela's a funking liar!

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in a blue funk

1. In a melancholy, depressed, or dejected state. Jill has been in a blue funk ever since her wife moved out. Did you hear that Nick got rejected by his first-choice school? Yeah, he's really been in a blue funk over it. I've just been in a blue funk this week, so I decided to go to the botanical gardens to try to raise my spirits.

2. In an extremely anxious, nervous, or fearful state. I was in a blue funk waiting to hear the outcome of the surgery. Oh man, that turbulence got us in a blue funk. I've never been so happy to be back on solid ground again! Are you still in a blue funk over the exam? I'm sure you did great.

See also: blue, funk

in a funk

slang Feeling sad or unhappy for a lengthy period of time. Ever since I got rejected from my first-choice college, I've been in a funk. I'm taking Don out tonight because he's been in a funk since his wife left him. A: "Does Jill seem down to you?" B: "Yeah, I think she's still in a funk over not getting the promotion."

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funked out

Sl. intoxicated. Do you think you can go through life funked out all the time? Are you funked out again?

See also: funk, out

in a (blue) funk

sad; depressed. I've been in a blue funk all week. Don't get in a funk about your job. Things'll get better.

See also: funk

blue funk, in a

1. In a state of panic or terror. For example, Just because the bride's mother is late, you needn't get in a blue funk. This term originated in the mid-1700s as in a funk, the adjective blue, meaning "affected with fear or anxiety," being added a century later.

2. In a state of dejection, sad. For example, Anne has been in a blue funk since her dog died. This usage employs blue in the sense of "sad"-a meaning that first emerged in the late 1300s. Also see have the blues.

blue funk

(ˈblu ˈfəŋk)

n. a state of depression. You’ve got to get out of your blue funk and get back to work.

See also: blue, funk

fake the funk

tv. to pretend to be in the know; to pretend to be fly; to fake being stylish. (Black.) He’s only faking the funk to survive in the hood. He gets an A in every class in school.

funk

(fəŋk)

1. n. a bad odor; a stench. What is that ghastly funk in here?

2. n. tobacco smoke. Most of those important decisions are made by party hacks in funk-filled back rooms.

3. n. a depressed state. I’ve been in such a funk that I can’t get my work done.

4. n. cowardice; terror. She suffers this terrible funk whenever she has to give a talk.

5. n. a kind of blues rock; jazz based on gospel music. Man, groove on that funk, would ya?

funked out

mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. Do you think you can go through life funked out all the time?

See also: funk, out

funking

mod. damnable. (Euphemistic for fucking. Usually objectionable.) Who put this funking milk crate in the hall?

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in a blue funk

mod. sad; depressed. Don’t be in a blue funk. Things’ll get better.

See also: blue, funk

blue funk, to be in a

In a sad or dejected mood. One writer suggests that the term may come from the Walloon in de fonk zum, which means “to be in the smoke,” but this etymology has not been verified. Eric Partridge believed funk came from the Flemish fonck, for “perturbation” or “disturbance,” and indeed, to be in a funk at first meant to be very nervous or terrified (early eighteenth century). Somehow it got changed, perhaps owing to the addition of blue, with its colloquial meaning of “sad.” A more recent variant is a deep funk, said, for example, of a deep decline in the stock market: “The market’s fallen into a deep funk.”