Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: [OT] Meaning of "plonk" (was: Re: Could i store settings in a cookie file?) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 15:04:34 +0100 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <6e6dcd6b-ae45-484a-9144-7c26dcb78a63@googlegroups.com> <801a66c6-ccdd-4a41-8d15-d27cb179dddc@googlegroups.com> <40b42973-b784-4e68-bdc0-192e4ce40495@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 9w3X4iFGW0ZUNrodLS9ZBQbXXRtA2ik6GJG9Tlb8+CV5r6Hfwz Cancel-Lock: sha1:IEdmXHb6ZFs0h8PPU4s9zbSjVyk= In-Reply-To: <40b42973-b784-4e68-bdc0-192e4ce40495@googlegroups.com> Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:37940 On 06.12.19 10:07, Julio Di Egidio wrote: [...] > I have explained the meaning of Plonk at least a couple of times around here: > it goes ignored, the fuckers will just ask again the next time. Just my usage > of it seems to remain cause of great disconcert. Again you demonstrate, that you do *not* understand, what "plonk" means in the context of Usenet posts. Maybe this can help you: "Plonk is a Usenet jargon term for adding a particular poster to one's kill file so that poster's future postings are completely ignored. It was first used in 1989, and by 1994 was a commonly used term on Usenet." And as I think you don't believe Wikipedia - one of the referred sources there: "The sound a newbie makes as he falls to the bottom of a kill file." So - whatever explanation you take - the meaning is always the same: if you "plonk" someone, you indicate, that you will *IGNORE* further postings of that person. However - you seem to use "plonk" just to express your personal opinion and nothing else. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de