funk...

so i've been in a funk the last couple of weeks. a downright unhappy, cry a lot, eat too much funk. and i have my theories and what not, but I think i'm going to skip the details today. because honeslty, sometimes i feel like this is just my big whinney baby blog. and really, who wants to visit a big whiney baby blog?

but in my pondering my funk and searching for an image to convey my funk - i was thinking about the word funk. funk - a depressive mood. funk - a music from the 70's. so i decided to go to a good source.

from merriam-webster.com -

noun : probably ultimately from French dialect (Picard) funquer to give off smoke: a strong offensive smell

noun: perhaps from obsolete Dutch dialect (Flanders) fonck 1 a : a state of paralyzing fear b : a depressed state of mind 2 : one that funks : COWARD3 : SLUMP 1

intransitive verb : to become frightened and shrink backtransitive
verb1 : to be afraid of : DREAD 2 : to shrink from undertaking or facing

noun: 1 : music that combines traditional forms of black music (as blues, gospel, or soul) and is characterized by a strong backbeat 2 : the quality or state of being funky

and lastly...
funk hole : noun1 : DUGOUT 2 : a place of safe retreat

how in the world could we take a word like funk - funk, not the best word really and create so many uses. strange really.