;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".
Isn’t that the real pronunciation? ; )
What is the show?
Andy’s Gang. Andy Devine had Froggie the Gremlin on in between cuts of old movies. 1955-60.
36 planks as each staple was removed from my knee and dropped into a pan. Together with my moans it made quite a symphony.
A+++
Here’s hoping the next plonks you hear are made by your shoes as you run down the street.
I remember the show. They also had Midnight the cat.
Midnight’s specialty was saying “nice”. She had all the nice lines.
That’s a bit before my time.
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