;Posted on 07/02/2014 4:35:01 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, July 2, 2014-- plonk
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
plonk [plɒŋk]
noun (Chiefly British)
inferior or cheap wine.
Origin: 1925–30; perhaps alteration of French ( vin ) blanc white (wine)
— verb
1. ( often foll by down ) to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly: he plonked the money on the table
— noun
2. the act or sound of plonking
— interjection
3. an exclamation imitative of this sound
Special Usage:
Computing Dictionary
plonk definition
networking, abuse (Possibly influenced by British slang "plonk" for cheap booze, or "plonker" for someone behaving stupidly; usually written "*plonk*") The sound a newbie makes as he falls to the bottom of a kill file. While this term originated in the Usenet newsgroup news:talk.bizarre, by 1994 it was widespread on Usenet and mailing lists as a form of public ridicule. Another theory is that it is an acronym for "Person with Little Or No Knowledge".
“inferior or cheap wine.”
Oh, this is GREAT!
“Waiter, I’ll have the Sauvignon Plonk, please”
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Excellent! That will replace my usual comment when
tasting wine in a restaurant: “It was a good year—November!”
Extra credit to any of you (other) old-timers who can tell me why this picture is relevant to today's discussion.
Cause it’s a frog and the French are also frogs.
Nice try.
Oh yes, the tales of the coffee holder are true.
It does happen.
I will be at the gym for a few hours. Will be back to grade your homework, on the off chance that you laggards will hand it in.
Kevin Williamson hits it out of the park.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/381755/reforming-reform-kevin-d-williamson
Likewise, routine care is not an insurable risk. You can fold that stuff into an insurance plan, and sometimes that might make sense: The people who are insuring you against the expensive proposition of breast cancer have a good incentive to throw breast exams into the “free” column — but surely, surely you sophisticated, self-actualized, read-my-Kristeva ladies don’t think that it’s actually free? The facts are: (1) Mammograms cost money; (2) somebody has to pay for them; (3) your insurance company is not run by people who love you. So, do the math.
there are so many morsels of deliciousness in that piece, it’s hard to say which is tastier! LOL!
I was going to pick out a nice bottle of wine for my father-in-law but he said not to bother as he’d as easily enjoy a bottle of plonk.
I thought that was his speech assistant — the Teleplonker
(NTBCW Earnest, Carney, Gibbs et al.)
“Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!”
LOL, are those the Salary “Cap” Twins ;?
RE Moulson, when he was in Buffalo the first time he seemed to have a genuine interest in being here, which probably helped in getting him back. Maybe they should have also tried to trade with NYI for Tavares – his Uncle John is a star on the local indoor Lacrosse team.
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Plank, plonk, whatever.
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