plonk

n 1: (British and Australian) a cheap wine of inferior quality

2: the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)

v : set down; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked

himself into the sofa" [syn: {plank}, {flump}, {plop}, {plunk},

{plump down}, {plunk down}, {plump}]

plonk

(Possibly influenced by British slang

"plonk" for cheap booze, or "plonker" for someone behaving

stupidly) The sound a {newbie} makes as he falls to the bottom

of a {kill file}. Used almost exclusively in the {Usenet}

{newsgroup} {news:talk.bizarre}, this term (usually written

"▫plonk▫") is a form of public ridicule.

Another theory is that it is an acronym for "Person with

Little Or No Knowledge".

(1998-10-27)