I don't know what "ganking" is

[CreekDog]

no, no, it's okay. i'm not asking. :D

[MrCoffee]

1. It's what Mr. Midlo's does after rinsing in the shower.

Midlo thinks he doesn't "gank", but we know better.

[BeachBaby]

4. AFTER rinsing?

I thought for sure that it would be done BEFORE.

[MrCoffee]

5. They do things bassackward in VA.

It's a commonwealth, what do you expect?

[BeachBaby]

9. You've got a point.

[Strong Atheist]

2. :

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8753118#8753134

[TZ]

3. Ask Midlo to demonstrate.

:P

[Midlodemocrat]

6. That's because, loser, you have obviously never watched the awesomeness that is Supernatural.

I don't know why I even bother to talk to you.

:eyes:

[CreekDog]

7. Supernatural is a segment on the tele?

I'll have my assistant view it and summarize the high points. :D

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Midlo will demonstrate it for you.

Just buy her a RT ticket to SFO and she'll be happy to oblige. :P

[Robb]

10. I've only heard it spoken in a sentence once

...To describe a dirt biking mishap. Thusly:

"It was unreal... Mark hit the jump but came down on top of his bike sideways, and ganked his sack on the left footpeg."

[LostinVA]

11. It's Midlo's misusing the word "shanking"

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Gank, not shank. It means to kill with extreme violence.

I learned it from Sam and Dean on Supernatural.

It's teh awesome, actually. As far as words go.

[LostinVA]

19. I think you were tipsy on Cosmos and misheard "shank"

[backwoodsbob]

12. in online gaming in a pvp game

it is when two or more players gang up on one player and kill him/her

[DarkTirade]

13. Two meanings, one IRL and one online.

The online one was mentioned in the post above mine, the IRL one is when you steal/snatch something. Example, demanding a 'fry tax' from a friend who just walked into the room with a plate full of french fries.

[rcrush]

15. When a level 80 Shaman comes and sneaks up on you in the Hinterlands and kills you over and over.

OMG GANKERZ SUK!

[backwoodsbob]

16. yeah that shamen should join eq2 and meet my 80 fury :)

[rcrush]

20. I burn him with my Affliction/Demonology Warlocks

lolz he'z a noob

[keroro gunsou]

25. or...

that shaman needs to wait for the open beta of starcraft 2 so i can own his punk ass... :evilgrin:

[realisticphish]

17. Stealing, usually in a mild sense

[MrSlayer]

18. On the street It means to rob or cheat someone.

Apparently the online gaming community has changed the term to mean a gang-kill.

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Gankin' and slangin'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d206M479no

[Dogtown]

22. Do you insist on being spoonfed, you ganker?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gank

[SoxFan]

23. This man is ganking fries from a poor UNH grad student

Cheap bastard...

[keroro gunsou]

24. it's a slang word

combining grab and yank

grab + yank = gank

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gank

it means other things too, but that's the most common definition.