1970's jargon word Defies precise definition Used by some Canadian tasters when reviewing provincial Liquor Control Board offerings
approval If you describe something or someone as funky, you like them because they are unconventional or unusual. It had a certain funky charm, I guess, but it wasn't much of a place to raise a kid
in a state of cowardly fright (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
good; pertaining to music which has a certain type of beat, also things can be "funky" which means they are "unusual"
Defies precise definition Appears to be a 1970's cannabis culture derived word sometimes used by N American west coast winetasting reviewers when describing vegetal/ yeasty/yeastlike aromas so complex that individual identification is difficult Can have positive or negative connotations depending on context