plonk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plonk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for plonk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plonk n a cheap wine of inferior quality the noise of something dropping (as into liquid) v set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" Synonym(s): plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
plonk excl.,vt. [Usenet: possibly influenced by British slang `plonk' for cheap booze, or `plonker' for someone behaving stupidly (latter is lit. equivalent to Yiddish `schmuck')] The sound a {newbie} makes as he falls to the bottom of a {kill file}. While it originated in the {newsgroup} talk.bizarre, this term (usually written "plonk") is now (1994) widespread on Usenet as a form of public ridicule.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
plonk (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". (2002-01-18)