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plonk

  [plongk]
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–noun Chiefly British.
inferior or cheap wine.
Origin:
1925–30; perh. alter. of F (vin) blanc white (wine)
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plonk 1   (plŏngk, plŭngk)   
v.   , n. & adv.
Variant of plunk.
plonk 2   (plŏngk)   
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).]
plunk   (plŭngk)   
v.   plunked also plonked, plunk·ing also plonk·ing, plunks also plonks

v.   tr.

  1. To throw or place heavily or abruptly: plunked the money down on the counter.

  2. To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

v.   intr.

  1. To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.

  2. To emit a hollow twanging sound.

n.  

  1. Informal A heavy blow or stroke.

  2. A short hollow twanging sound.

adv.   Informal

  1. With a short hollow thud.

  2. Exactly; precisely: The dart landed plunk in the center of the target.


[Imitative.]
plunk'er n., plunk'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
plonk

  1. n.
    white wine; cheap wine; any liquor. (From French blanc.) : That plonk is really hard on the gut.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

plonk 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 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".
(2002-01-18)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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