Skinny can mean:
- Skinny (band), defunct British electronica/rock band
- SKINNY (directing team)
- Skinny Call Control Protocol
- Emaciation, underweight
- An ethnic slur used to describe Somali militia fighters.
Famous quotes containing the word skinny:
“In those days, the blag slag, the waste of the coal pits, had only begun to cover the side of our hill. Not enough to mar the countryside nor blacken the beauty of our village. For the colliery had only begun to poke its skinny black fingers between the green.”
—Philip Dunne (1908–1992)
“Say never the strong heart
In the consuming breath
Cries out unto the dark
The skinny death.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Slim/Marie Brown: Whadya think you’re gonna do?
Harry Morgan: I’m gonna get that wallet, Slim.
Marie: I’d rather you wouldn’t call me Slim. I’m a little too skinny to take it kindly.”
—Jules Furthman (1888–1960)