Gary Forbis wrote:
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> > I plonked you because ...
>> What in the heck does "plonk" mean? I must lead a sheltered life.
> I've never seen it before. Webster's 10th says its a variation of "plunk"
> and "plunk" says it means "to come out in favor of something." I don't
> see how coming out in favor of something someone said could be
> considered an insult so it doesn't seem likely this is the intended
> interpretation. I might be plonking you without even knowing it but
> if I wrote "I plonked you because..." you could be sure I didn't
> intend what you intended when you wrote this sentence because I
> don't know what it means.
Hmm... might be an aural description...
If *plonk* is the sound you hear when you're hit on the head, then "to plonk"
would mean to engage an activity that results in *plonk*.
In that case, the word is irrelevant. He might have used "to thwap" just as
easily. :-)
Who goes around "plonking" people anyway??? I have dim memories of a puppet
clown going around and whacking his evil crocodile adversary to save someone
that is generally only referred to as "Granny".
Hmm.... must be a coincidence... ;-)
Sönke N. Greimann
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