plonker
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(r)
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
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'.