plonker

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English

Etymology

From plonk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Audio (AU): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

plonker (plural plonkers)

(British, slang, mildly derogatory) A fool.
(British, slang) A penis.
(British, slang, dated) A man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends.^[1]

Synonyms

(fool): See Thesaurus:fool or Thesaurus:idiot
(penis): See Thesaurus:penis
(man who sanctions cuckoldry): mari complaisant, wittol

Translations

fool

French: imbécile (fr) m
German: Dummkopf (de) m, Trottel (de) m
Italian: stupido (it) m
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: tulling (no) m, dåsemikkel (no) m, dumrian (no) m
Russian: дурачок (ru) m (duračok)

References

^ 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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