plonker
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)
Noun edit
plonker (plural plonkers)
- (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A fool.
- (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A penis.
- (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, dated) A man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends.[1]
Synonyms edit
- (fool): See Thesaurus:fool or Thesaurus:idiot
- (penis): See Thesaurus:penis
- (man who sanctions cuckoldry): mari complaisant, wittol
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
fool
References edit
- ^ BBC History- The WordhuntWordhunters noticed that the OED's earliest two quotations in their entry for 'plonker' were misplaced. In the original 1966 citation from All Neat in Black Stockings by J Gaskell, the word refers not to a 'foolish, inept or contemptible person', but to a wholly different sense of the word, meaning 'a man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends'.