Subj : Re: Plonk
To   : Dr. What
From : Avon
Date : Sun Apr 17 2022 11:01:26

On 06 Mar 2022 at 02:34a, Dr. What pondered and said...
 
 DW> plonk excl.,vt.
 DW> 
 DW> [Usenet: possibly influenced by British slang 'plonk' for cheap booze, or
 DW> 'plonker' for someone behaving stupidly (latter is lit. equivalent to
 DW> Yiddish 'schmuck')] The sound a newbie makes as he falls to the bottom
 DW> of a kill file. While it originated in the newsgroup talk.bizarre, this
 DW> term (usually written "*plonk*") is now (1994) widespread on Usenet as a
 DW> form of public ridicule.

Makes sense and links to the usenet groups I have seen with the same name :) Thanks for the reference.

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