meaning of "phunk"?

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I am a non-native speaker.
I was listening to this song by Black Eyed Peas: "No, no, no, don't phunk with my heart...".
I searched the meaning of "phunk" in the dictionary, but it is not listed there.
What does it mean?
Thanks.

Nyarlathotep · Accepted Answer

I don't think 'phunk' is even a word (at least in English), so I'll assume that the Black Eye Peas (pointlessly) used it in exchange for 'f'unk' (although, of course, neologisms are perfectly acceptable in the music industry, such as 'californication', and 'bizkit').

'Don't f'unk with my heart' doesn't really make sense. As a verb, the word 'f'unk' has no business being in this sentence whatsoever. With the Black Eyed Peas, however, it's likely that an original version was released with an expletive in the song title, although I, as a sentient being, have no business knowing whether or not this is the case! If it is, then I think, therefore, that it was used solely as a replacement for the expletive and shouldn't be taken too seriously.

In fact (if you want some heavily opiniated advice), I wouldn't expect too much cohesion in any of their lyrics, as they are scoundrels in every manner.

-Nyarlathotep

Mister Micawber · Answer

That orthography is used in many of their songs, I noticed. It is a euphemism for a word which will appear as mostly asterisks when I type it here-- ****-- and means, in this context, 'play emotional games', 'tease and torment'.

"Don't Phunk With My Heart"

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart
(Yeah)
No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

Girl, you know you got me, got me
With your pistol shot me, shot me
And I'm here helplessly
In love and nothing can stop me
You can't stop me cause once I start it
Can't return me cause once you bought it
I'm coming baby, don’t got it (don’t make me wait)
So let’s be about it

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

Baby, have some trustin', trustin'
When I come in lustin', lustin'
Cause I bring you that comfort
I ain’t only here cause I want ya body
I want your mind too
Interestin’s what I find you
And I'm interested in the long haul
Come on girl (yee-haw)

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, baby
Cause you know you got me by a string, baby
Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, baby
Cause you know you got me by a string, baby

Anonymous · Answer

well i dont kno the xact meanin but its like i think dont play with ma heart.

bye-bye take care have fun

Anonymous · Answer

i gt it ..its play wid ma heart only fr da song n da xact meanin is :
phunk :This is a euphemism (polite way of saying something) for ****. Because it is already a polite form, I was surprised to find that some radio stations play a "clean version" in which Fergie sings, "Don't mess with my heart."

Anonymous · Answer

English is not my native language, so I want to know what does 'fellas' mean, because I heard it on the radio.

AnonymousI am a non-native speaker.
I was listening to this song by Black Eyed Peas: "No, no, no, don't phunk with my heart...".
I searched the meaning of "phunk" in the dictionary, but it is not listed there.
What does it mean?
Thanks.

Anonymous · Answer

I'm a non-native speaker too, but if it helps you, the word "fella" is the short form of the standard English term "fellows", that is , friends, colleagues

Anonymous · Answer

I search the meaning from encyclopeadia:

The song was written by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am, P.Board, G.Pajon Jr, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Force, and produced by will.i.am. The song is built around a sample of "Aye Naujawan Hai Sab Kuchchyahan" originally performed by singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asha_Bhosle. The song also uses a vocal interpolation of "I Wonder If I Take You Home" originally performed by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Lisa_and_Cult_Jam. In this exotic, but "phunky" jam, will.i.am, Apl.de.ap, and Taboo express their romantic interests in how much they enjoy Fergie's company. Fergie, however, is not convinced; although she likes them, she is feeling insecure, and wonders if she http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/***, if they'll still be in love with her. The men try to reassure her that they do love her, and that don't just want ***. Fergie is not buying it, and is cautious as she warns them, "No, no, no, no....don't phunk with my heart!"

Of much debate, is what exactly the "phunk" in "Don't Phunk With My Heart" stands for. Apparently, listeners of some radio stations complained when it was apparently discovered that "phunk" refers to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex. However, another camp disagrees, as the meaning of oral *** doesn't fit into the context of the song. They believe that the usage of "phunk" is a means of using the word "****" (as using the word "****" would be pushing the boundaries of radio). They also believe it fits into the context of the song as Fergie is warning people not to mess with her heart. Yet, another camp disagrees, and references The Black Eyed Peas's last album , in which phunk was used as another word for "funk". However, given the context of the song, "funk" doesn't seem to work either. Whatever the true reasons are behind the word "phunk", the ambigious nature of the word caused a bit of controversy, causing some radio stations to play an edited version of the song called "Don't Mess With My Heart" instead.

Anonymous · Answer

This is a euphemism (polite way of saying something) for ****

Anonymous · Answer

I'm not native english speaker either but in my opinion so-called "fellas" ( or something like that) means just fellows= guys buddies

Anonymous · Answer

I'm a musician and I 'm pretty much sure that this word "phunk" is not used here in a bad meaning. As everybody knows Funk is a kind of music evolved from Jazz where accent is put on syncope played quite fastly. When you say "don't funk with something" it means don't play (mess) with something whilst knowing that it's not serious and you will leave it off in a minute so it pointless. In the context of the song it means that she doesn't want them to play with her heart for, let's say, one night stand. The spelling "ph" used here is used just to make it original as it sounds the same. It 's quite popular amongst young people to make spellings "cool" not only in US, but everywhere around the world.
Moreover the whole song is really funky, especially the rythm, so it corresponds very well with the meaning.

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