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South African slang, is used to give emphasis to something (a replacement for very). Mostly used amongst surfers, but has become incresingly prolific amongst young people in South Africa.

That guy's lank scary
That sandwich looks lank dodgy

An acronym for the widely-used phrase "Let a nigga know."

-"What's goin down tonight hay?"
-"I'm not sure yet."
-"When you find out, LANK, aight?"
-"Aight, my nig. I'll holla."

A further set of popular South African senses beyond the most common "very" are those meaning "many", "a lot" or "very much"

There were lank people on the beach that day.

In an attempt to lose weight, he's been running lank.

She's really nice; I dig her lank.

a person that is lanky.

"You are the biggest lank ever. Just look at that other gangly little lank walk around like a stick with shoes."

Lanking: when a person of tall and slim stature stands awkwardly with an expression of extreme self consciousness.

Example: "look at that twat over there, lanking like a spare cock."

Derogatory word for a skinny person. Usually used in conjunction with a swear word for emphasis.

Look at that fucking lank! He’s like fucking Shaggy from Scooby-Doo!

The most litty, most dank situation. Only occurs once out of every 1,000,000 lit and dank moments.

Hey did you go to Sally's party? It was lank.