wood. The shanks are lighter than âcommonâ nails but heavier than âboxâ or âcoolersâ, and they are slightly shorter, by penny weight, than a common nail. The idea being, you could easily drive them deeper than other nails and that the shank would thus penetrate further than if using a flat head nail, like a common, box or cooler nail.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  steampunk(Noun) A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society. 2  steampunk(Noun) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character. 3  steampunk(Verb) To depict in a steampunk manner.
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting, noted for its focus on  high tech and low life.It features advanced technology and science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.f Japan's influence on the genre, William Gibson said, Modern Japan simply was cyberpunk.. Cyberpunk is often set in urbanized, artificial landscapes, and city lights, receding was used by Gibson as one of the genre's first metaphors for cyberspace and virtual reality.