plonker
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]plonker (plural plonkers)
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) A fool.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A penis.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, 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'.
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