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!

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
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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!

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

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.

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:31:45 GMT, Axolotl wrote:

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.

Heh...a newbie or a lame oldie either. :-)

Yea, that definition works, but I have seen the term "plonk" for years
before Usenet. I'm saying the term "plonk" was originally borrowed from
phone lingo. But that was waaaaaaay back before the war. :-)

Bob

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

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!

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
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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

I can identify with that particular "plonk"!!! Actually, it was more like
the sound of a phone handset being slammed on a wooden desk because the
telemarketer at the other end of said phone did not recognize the name of
its company's chief competitor. (As in, "No, thanks, I don't need your DSL,
because I have RoadRunner." "What's RoadRunner?"

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Bob Adkins" wrote in message
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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. :-)

Um or the sound of something hitting the toilet water....
grin

LeeAnne

"dhponder" wrote in message
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OR, the sound of flushing a toilet!

not the fan?!
"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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Um or the sound of something hitting the toilet water....
grin

LeeAnne

"dhponder" wrote in message
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OR, the sound of flushing a toilet!

I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a 'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
fit fit fit fit'
;-D

"dkat" wrote in message
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not the fan?!

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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Um or the sound of something hitting the toilet water....
grin

LeeAnne

"dhponder" wrote in message
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OR, the sound of flushing a toilet!

It was originally called that, but it was too hard to type ;-)

"LeeAnne" schreef in bericht
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I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a
'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
fit fit fit fit'

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
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I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a
'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
fit fit fit fit'
;-D

"dkat" wrote in message
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not the fan?!

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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Um or the sound of something hitting the toilet water....
grin

LeeAnne

"dhponder" wrote in message
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OR, the sound of flushing a toilet!

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

"dkat" wrote in message
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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
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I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a
'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
fit fit fit fit'
;-D