plonker
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Plonker — is a slang term of British or Australian origin whose meaning has evolved over time. Partridge in the third edition of his A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in 1949 recorded the term as low slang for penis, since ca. 1917 . The… … Wikipedia
plonker — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a foolish or inept person. ORIGIN originally a dialect word meaning «something large of its kind»: from PLONK(Cf. ↑plonk) … English terms dictionary
plonker — • an idiot, fool or a word for penis. Popularized by the UK TV comedy Only fools and horses . i.e. Rodney you total plonker ! , or You re pulling my plonker … Londonisms dictionary
plonker — UK [ˈplɒŋkə(r)] / US [ˈplɑŋkər] noun [countable] Word forms plonker : singular plonker plural plonkers British very informal a stupid person, especially a man … English dictionary
plonker — n British 1. the penis. A term probably influenced by plonk (down) in the sense of place down heavily or present defiantly. The word has been in use since early in the 20th century. It was rarely heard during the 1960s and 1970s but was revived… … Contemporary slang
plonker — [[t]plɒ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] plonkers N COUNT (disapproval) If someone calls a person, especially a man, a plonker, they think he is stupid. [BRIT, INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE] … English dictionary
plonker — Applied in English dialectal use to anything large or substantial since the 1860s. By the 1960s, in working class London vernacular, the word referred to a man’s private part, with no special reference to size. The word by then was also being… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
plonker — ● vt. ►USENET►MAIL Envoyer quelqu un dans son kill file. Comme bruit, ça fait plonk, normalement, si on vise bien et si l importun est suffisamment lourd … Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone
plonker — I Everyday English Slang in Ireland n idiot II Irish Slang idiot … English dialects glossary
plonker — plonk|er [ˈplɔnkə US ˈpla:ŋkər, ˈplo:ŋ ] n BrE informal not polite an offensive word for a stupid person … Dictionary of contemporary English
