Skanker

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Someone afflicted with a venereal disease ; a person regarded as worthless or objectionable
2. An individual suffering from a sexually transmitted condition ; someone held in low regard or contempt
3. A person with a venereal infection ; a contemptible or disagreeable individual

Etymology: "Skanker" is a plain formation: it is "skank" with the agent suffix "-er" attached, so it denotes someone or something that skanks. The base verb is the one that matters here, because the suffix tells you only that a person or thing performs the action, and the action itself is what gives the word its character. The "-er" ending is the familiar English suffix that turns an action into a doer, as in "baker" or "singer." Attaching it to "skank" produces a noun for the performer of that action, so the word's meaning depends entirely on what "skank" means as a verb in its own right.