What does “punking” mean?
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"Punking" usually means tricking or fooling someone in a funny or embarrassing way. Like, you set someone up, they totally fall for it, and then everyone laughs.
You'd hear it a lot like this: "He put fake bugs in my bag — I got totally punked!" Or imagine a friend pretending your flight is cancelled just to see your reaction — yeah, that's punking you.
There was even a famous TV show called Punk'd where celebrities got pranked by hidden cameras. That made the word super popular.
So if someone says "stop punking me," they're saying "stop messing with me / stop trying to trick me."
Basically — punking someone = pulling a prank on them to make them look silly. All in good fun (usually 😄).
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