Entry: brat
Definition: child
Synonyms: cub, devil, enfant terrible, guttersnipe, jackanapes, kid, puppy, rascal, snot-nose, terror, unruly child, urchin, whelp, whippersnapper, wild one, youngster.
Concept: unsocial entity
Entry: delinquent
Definition: criminal
Synonyms: black sheep, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum, jailbird, juvenile delinquent, juvie, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor, miscreant, neglector, no show, offender, outlaw, recreant, reprobate, scamp, sinner, skedadler, skipper, stiff, welsher, wrongdoer, young offender.
Concept: lawlessness
Entry: employee
Definition: worker
Synonyms: agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company man, craftsman, desk jockey, domestic, flunky, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, jobholder, laborer, lackey, member, operator, peon, plug, proletariat, representative, salesman, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff.
Antonyms: owner, employer, boss, proprietor, chief executive officer, CEO.
Concept: business person
"You cannot call yourself a punk, it's just an impression you leave on somebody." [George Du Bose, The Blank Generation]
"If the sixties called for rural, bright colours, be-ins in the park and liquid light shows, the seventies went all chiaroscuro, b&w and grainy, citified, tenement realism and salvation searched for in a perverse universe." [Lenny Kaye, The Blank Generation]
"Punk is about my life and there's millions of stories, whether it's someone from Swindon, Slough, Leeds, a Midlands village or a Welsh valley, Belfast or a seaside town in Scotland. To me, American punk is the Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Nirvana, Fugazi, Rancid, stuff like that. Hip Hop is just another line of punk and the Beastie Boys saw that from the off, same as The Clash. And that's the thing to remember, punk is just a label, it means everything and nothing." [John King, Human Punk]