Astrid Lindgren coined the word in the original Swedish books and it survived in the English translation: I guess no-one had a problem with putting spunk in a little girl's mouth back then.
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 23:49, Reply)
I've laughed many a time at the swedish version of that.
knowing full well what spunk means in english.
I think she finally settles on it being the name of an insect or a beetle or something
(, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 10:56, Reply)