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plonker, n.

DRAFT REVISION July 2007

Brit./

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r/[App. < plonk v. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -er suffix¹.]colloq.

2. slang (chiefly Brit. and Austral.).

a. The penis. Also in extended use. to pull a person's plonker: to deceive a person humorously or playfully; cf. to pull a person's leg at PULL v. Phrases 10a.

1949 E. PARTRIDGE Dict. Slang (ed. 3) Add. 1138/1 Plonker, penis: low: since ca. 1917. 1988 Independent 21 Sept. 13/2 The 16,000 wives in the harem of Krishna used the sacred plonker as religious dildos. 1995 Empire May 110/1 Mr. Jobsworth realises I'm pulling his plonker and suggests I 'leave'. 2003 Australian (Nexis) 24 June 13 Most male dogs have a u-shaped bone in their plonker.

b. A man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends. Now rare.

1966 J. GASKELL All Neat in Black Stockings 72 If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself. 1970 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 13 Sept. 36/2 Do you know what a plonker is?—It's a chap who shares his ladyfriends with his mate.

c. foolish, inept, or contemptible person.

1981 J. SULLIVAN Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 3. 30/1 Rodney! I didn't mean drive off! What a plonker! 1987 Times (Nexis) 22 Feb., [He] keeps the great lexicographers Fowler, Gowers and Partridge on his bookshelf at home, though Partridge, he opines with discernment, is 'a bit of an ol' plonker.' 1988 Smash Hits 19 Oct. 9/3, I look at a dress and think because it's fashionable it'll look good and then I go out with it on and realise what a plonker I look. 2000 H. SIMPSON Hey Yeah Right get a Life (2001) 69 You're going to look a right plonker when the end of the world doesn't come, aren't you?