May 15, 2003

plonk

excl.,vt.

[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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:34 AM

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