Re: definition of the term *Plonk*

[Lee Brouillet]

Cool . . . I was familiar with the British term as "derision", but not that
it was cheap booze, or an acroynm for Person of Little Or No Knowledge <G>
Applicable . . .

Lee

"Axolotl" > wrote in message
. 130...
> see the following
>
> http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
> or
> http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?plonk
>
> I missed the asterixes out, bad me!

[Axolotl]

yep, I didn't think much of the defintions that i posted but I couldn't
find much else at the time.
a better definition @ http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=plonk
I always thought it was the sound of something or someone hitting the
bottom of the garbage can.

[dhponder]

OR, the sound of flushing a toilet! :)

Bob Adkins wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:51:34 GMT, Axolotl > wrote:
>
>
>>http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
>>or
>>http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?plonk
>
> AFAIK, both definitions are a little off. "Plonk" is the sound of a
> telephone slamming down, as in hanging up on someone in disgust. It is used
> to indicate the plonker is sending the plonkee to the kill file. :-)
>
> Bob

[Hank]

I thought it was the sound an inebriated in-law made when they fell in
your pond ;~} ............. How was that for getting back on topic????

http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1


"Axolotl" > wrote in message
. 130...
> see the following
>
> http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
> or
> http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?plonk
>
> I missed the asterixes out, bad me!

[Hank]

I thought it was the sound an inebriated in-law made when they fell in
your pond ;~} ............. How was that for getting back on topic????

http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1

"dhponder" > wrote in message
...
> OR, the sound of flushing a toilet! :)
>
> Bob Adkins wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:51:34 GMT, Axolotl >
wrote:
> >
> >
> >>http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
> >>or
> >>http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?plonk
> >
> > AFAIK, both definitions are a little off. "Plonk" is the sound of
a
> > telephone slamming down, as in hanging up on someone in disgust.
It is used
> > to indicate the plonker is sending the plonkee to the kill file.
:-)
> >
> > Bob
>

[dkat]

not the fan?! :)
"LeeAnne" > wrote in message
...
> Um or the sound of something hitting the toilet water....
> <grin>
>
> LeeAnne
>
> "dhponder" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > OR, the sound of flushing a toilet! :)
> >
>
>

[LeeAnne]

lol, sorry dkat >:-)
Just remember to duck real fast if you ever hear that noise!

"dkat" > wrote in message
...
> I really really really wish you hadn't done that..... Serves me right but
> now I have this awful visual image to go with the sound effect... DK
>
> "LeeAnne" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a
> 'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
> > fit fit fit fit'
> > ;-D

[Lurker number 47]

Bob Adkins wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:51:34 GMT, Axolotl > wrote:
>
>
>>http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
>>or
>>http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?plonk
>
> AFAIK, both definitions are a little off. "Plonk" is the sound of a
> telephone slamming down, as in hanging up on someone in disgust. It is
> used
> to indicate the plonker is sending the plonkee to the kill file. :-)
>
> Bob

I always thought it meant "Please Leave Our Newsgroup. Killfiled."

--
LN. 47

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[Lurker number 47]

Bob Adkins wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:51:34 GMT, Axolotl > wrote:
>
>
>>http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
>>or
>>http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?plonk
>
> AFAIK, both definitions are a little off. "Plonk" is the sound of a
> telephone slamming down, as in hanging up on someone in disgust. It is
> used
> to indicate the plonker is sending the plonkee to the kill file. :-)
>
> Bob

I always thought it meant "Please Leave Our Newsgroup. Killfiled."

--
LN. 47

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[dkat]

:) definitely a good thing to know. DK
"LeeAnne" > wrote in message
...
> lol, sorry dkat >:-)
> Just remember to duck real fast if you ever hear that noise!
>
> "dkat" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I really really really wish you hadn't done that..... Serves me right
but
> > now I have this awful visual image to go with the sound effect... DK
> >
> > "LeeAnne" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a
> > 'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
> > > fit fit fit fit'
> > > ;-D
>
>

[dkat]

:) definitely a good thing to know. DK
"LeeAnne" > wrote in message
...
> lol, sorry dkat >:-)
> Just remember to duck real fast if you ever hear that noise!
>
> "dkat" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I really really really wish you hadn't done that..... Serves me right
but
> > now I have this awful visual image to go with the sound effect... DK
> >
> > "LeeAnne" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a
> > 'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
> > > fit fit fit fit'
> > > ;-D
>
>