Plonk is a Usenet slang term for adding a particular person to one s kill file. It can be used as a verb to describe the action, or appended to the end of one s Usenet post to publicly demonstrate that you have added a person to your kill file.

[http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.archaeology/msg/5fc00322bf5f33ddhl=en& Example usage]:

Jean-Paul Turcaud wrote: > No ramps were used to build the GP [Great Pyramid], and well as the 2 main > others... another technique far more developed that the one even used now.

*plonk* and yet another killfile entry!

In this case the respondent has added Jean-Paul Turcaud to their killfile and has decided to emphasize the point with the word plonk .

The word is a somewhat fanciful example of .

It can also mean Put Lamer on Killfile. Other theories include Person with Little Or No Knowledge and Person Leaving Our Newsgroup, Killfiled, but these are likely backronyms.

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