[Usenet: possibly influenced by British slang `plonk' for cheap
booze, or `plonker' for someone behaving stupidly (latter is lit.
equivalent to Yiddish schmuck)] The sound a {newbie} makes as he
falls to the bottom of a {kill file}. While it originated in the
{newsgroup} talk.bizarre, this term (usually written "*plonk*") is
now (1994) widespread on Usenet as a form of public ridicule.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {kill file}]