'Funk' or 'Funky' have been descibed as the harest words to descibe in the dictionary?

Question

'Funk' or 'Funky' have been described as the hardest words to describe in the dictionary?

What is the real meaning of these words?

For example -

'It's so funky', or

'Thanks looks/sounds really funky', or

'That smell is funktifying the whole building',

'Get funktified'..and even

'Show how funky and strong you are'...

Also: How is it related to dance and music?

Answer 1

Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony, and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Unlike R&B and soul songs, which had many chord changes, funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord.

The word "funk", once defined in dictionaries as body odor or the smell of sexual intercourse, commonly was regarded as coarse or indecent. African-American musicians originally applied "funk" to music with a slow, mellow groove, then later with a hard-driving, insistent rhythm because of the word's association with sexual intercourse. This early form of the music set the pattern for later musicians

Answer 2

funk is a type of music, it helped develop dance music in the 70's  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk

http://www.answers.com/topic/funky - definitions of funky are here