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• n  minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects

• Michael Kors gives the huarache a heel, above, and Juicy Couture's bags boast punky chains and jewels, right.
• When handed the keys to hell, Morpheus, the king of Dreams, contends with his immortal siblings including punky sister Death as well as characters from mythology .
• But now we're definitively friends, having taken a public vow of friendship on friend-based websites, wearing metaphorical friendship bracelets on the earnest Facebook, the punky .

• punkie
• punkey
• no-see-um
• biting midge

News & Articles

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• Icona Pride: Icona Pop's Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo are ready to give and feel love at Capital Pride
  Feature Story: [ Update: Watch Icona Pop perform at the Capital Pride Festival at end of this article. ] Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo sing and shout in unison on ''I Love It,'' their hit punky-pop anthem. It's hard to imagine either of the ladies, known collectively as Icona Pop, singing the song solo. ''That's not an option,'' the 26-year-old Jawo says. ''I'm just so happy that we're doing this ...
  June 6, 2013 - Metro Weekly

Quotes

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• Jack Howell in Arizona Daily Star
  When I was a punky kid just out of Palo Verde High School, I would get out to the Pima baseball field as soon as humanly possible each day,says Jack Howell, an 11-year major-league third baseman who is now the Arizona Diamondbacks...
• Kerry King in Billboard
  I like when Jeff writes as much as he did for this record,says King. "When you have one guy doing most of the writing you only get one perspective. A lot of Jeff's stuff has a very punky vibe this time; the stuff I write sounds thrashy but...
• Nicky Wire in NME.com
  I've just done a really crappy punky solo album,Wire said. "James has done a solo album and the Manics are writing as well, so lots of stuff going on"