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  (plŏngk, plŭngk) pronunciation
v. & n. & adv.

Variant of plunk.


plonk2 (plŏngk) pronunciation
n. Chiefly British Slang.

Cheap or inferior wine.

[Short for earlier plink-plonk, perhaps alteration of French vin blanc, white wine : vin, wine (from Old French; see vinegar) + blanc, white (from Old French; see blank).]


 
 

Colloquial term for cheap, indifferent wine; originated in Australia.

 

[PLONGK] British slang for low-quality wine.

 

[Usenet: possibly influenced by British slang ‘plonk’ for cheap booze, or ‘plonker’ for someone behaving stupidly (latter is lit. equivalent to Yiddish schmuck)] The sound a newbie makes as he falls to the bottom of a kill file. While it originated in the newsgroup talk.bizarre, this term (usually written “*plonk*”) is now (1994) widespread on Usenet as a form of public ridicule.


 

[PLONGK] Slang for ordinary low-quality wine, referring to any cheap wine, red or white. Over the years plonk has had various meanings, at one time referring specifically to cheap, strong, fortified wine. The term was coined by Australians during World War I as they drank French vin blanc continuing to massacre and abbreviate the words "vin blanc," which ended up as "plonk." The word plonk is commonly used in Australia and Great Britain and, to some extent, in the United States.

 


[perhaps alt. of F. vin blanc]  chiefly Brit. slang  /plongk/ cheap or inferior wine; short for earlier plink-plonk
 
Wikipedia: Plonk


Plonk can mean poor quality wine in U.K. and Australian English, evidently a loan from French "blanc", white wine.

Plonk is a Usenet jargon term for adding a particular poster to one's kill file such that the poster's future postings are completely ignored. It was first used in 1989 and by 1994[citation needed] was a commonly used term on Usenet regarding kill file additions.

The word is an example of onomatopoeia, intended to humorously represent the supposed sound of the user hitting the kill file, like fecal matter dropping into in a toilet. It is also sometimes given as an acronym standing for Please Log Off, Net Kook, though this is likely a backronym. Another used expression is "put lamer on killfile".[1]

It is commonly used as a verb: "I plonked that idiot Tom". As a public repudiation of the plonked poster, it is appended to the end of one's reply (or may constitute the entire reply).

The term's usage later expanded to include the use of e-mail filters that delete incoming messages that meet certain filter criteria set by the receiving user, so block messages from annoying senders. It has also often been figuratively used on BBSes, webboards, blogs, and wikis (which usually do not actually have filters).

First known use

The first known use was in 1989 by a Richard Sexton in the alt.flame newsgroup.

>>Please refrain from posting to talk.bizarre until such time as you
>>cease to be an asshole and become at least one of: bizarre, creative,
>>or entertaining. You are welcome to dump your rotting ordure in rec.humor
>>or some similar group where your fellow mental defectives congregate.

>Make me.

*plonk* 

Recent example use

[John Q. Public] wrote:
> No ramps were used to build the GP [Great Pyramid], and well as the 2 main
> others... another technique far more developed that the one even used now.

*plonk* and yet another killfile entry!

In this case the respondent has plonked John Q. Public and emphasized the point.

Other uses

  • "Plonk" is also used in British English as slang for cheap, low-quality wine (from the French word "blanc" for white wine). This usage dates back to World War I and was originally Australian.[1]
  • Plonker is a mild insult.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://groups.google.com/groups?q=put+lamer+on+killfile

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - kaste, støtte ubetinget
v. intr. - falde tungt
n. - kedelig fyr

2.
n. - billig vin

Nederlands (Dutch)
een rinkelend geluid maken, neergooien, goedkope Australische wijn

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - pincer les cordes de (un banjo, etc), planter (qch) (sur), laisser tomber lourdement (qch)
v. intr. - se laisser tomber/tomber lourdement, s'affaler
n. - bruit sourd

2.
n. - pinard, gros rouge

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - hinknallen, hinwerfen
n. - Knall

2.
n. - (Slang) billiger Wein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γδούπος, πλαφ, πλουφ, παφλασμός, (καθομ.) κρασί κακής ποιότητας (κν. ξίδι)
v. - πέφτω με παφλασμό/γδούπο

Italiano (Italian)
far cadere, cadere, tonfo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vinho barato (m), pancada (f), soco (m)
v. - arremessar, cair, afundar

Русский (Russian)
грохнуть, плюхнуться, дешевое вино, бормотуха

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - dejar caer pesadamente, rasguear, puntear
v. intr. - dejar caer pesadamente, rasguear, puntear
n. - golpe seco, ruido sordo, rasgueo, punteo

2.
n. - vino barato de calidad inferior

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - duns, enklare vin
v. - släppa m en duns, dunsa ner, slänga sig

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 拨琴弦的动作, 一记重击, 正是, 恰好

2. 拨琴弦的动作, 一记重击

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 撥琴弦的動作, 一記重擊

2.
n. - 撥琴弦的動作, 一記重擊
adv. - 正是, 恰好

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - (현악기 줄을) 퉁기다, 쿡 찌르다
v. intr. - 퉁 울리다, 쿵 하고 떨어지다
n. - 털썩 하는 소리, 탱탱하고 울림

2.
n. - 싸구려 포도주

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 安ワイン
v. - ポトッと, ちょうど

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خمرة ذات نوعيه رديئه, صوت شيء يرتطم بمعدن (فعل) يعزف على البيانو أي آله وتريه بطرقه عفويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הניח או הפיל לפתע או בחוזקה‬
v. intr. - ‮הפיל או נפל לפתע או בכבדות‬
n. - ‮חבטה כבדה‬
n. - ‮יין זול‬


 
 

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