explicit.lyrics

I like the newish gwen stefani song sweet escape. This is no surprise since it reminds me of that paris hilton song that I was embarrassed to like several months ago. I went onto itunes to buy it last night ($0.99 per song is just too great to pass up) and had to choose between the "clean" version, and the "explicit" version. This is usually a bit of a dilemma for me. On one hand, I like to hear the music the way the artist meant for it to be- before it gets hacked up and made appropriate for the radio. On the other hand, I want to be able to listen to music with little ears around, and not worry about having to skip over or turn down a particular song at a particular point. So before picking a version, I did a little research a la lyric search. It turns out that the offensive word was "skank". Since when did skank turn an otherwise unremarkable song into an "explicit" version? When I think of explicit lyrics, I think of those four letter words that would make you blush if spoken around kids or the elderly. While skank isn't exactly a nice word, it isn't one that would normally make me blush. I looked up the actual definition on answers.com and this is what it said- one who is disgustingly foul or filthy and often considered sexually promiscuous. Used especially of a woman or girl. Wow. That's pretty rough. Disgustingly foul or filthy. That really makes me reconsider my view of four letter words.