"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 02:16 PM 6/2/03 -0700, Chad Cooper wrote:
> >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.
>
> Is it okay if I mentioned that I used the term "plonk" earlier today on
> another list which was one of several I am on which someone spammed with a
> message which contained a URL which contained the word "aryan"?
I don't mind. I just mind publicly reading that specific person A
plonked specific person B. If someone has a good reason to tell me
privately, well, I mind the circumstances that led to the plonking, but
not the private announcement.
The above sounds like a case of justifiable plonking.
Julia
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