Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623(outoftheborders.com)

5 pointsby mbriyovor 17 Jahren3 comments

Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623

http://www.outoftheborders.com/2010/01/shakespeare-used-word-punk-in-1623.html

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Scriptorvor 17 Jahren

Shakespeare died in 1616.

He did use it in 1604 in Measure for Measure, according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punk. In the same link, it was Samuel Butler who used the term in 1623.

mbriyovor 17 Jahren

true, but Measure for Measure was first printed in 1623...

Scriptorvor 17 Jahren

But it was acted out long before then. :)

Many of Shakespeare's works only entered written form after he died.