plonk
cheap, low-quality wine
TRANSLATION
plonk = Billigwein
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"People told us to price our wines cheap like wines from Romania or Bulgaria but we are pricing ourselves as a New World wine, not PLONK, because our wines really are good."
(Levan Koberidze, head of one of Georgia's biggest wine exporters)
(Levan Koberidze, head of one of Georgia's biggest wine exporters)
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know?
plonk
slang noun
- Cheap wine, especially wine that is not of good quality.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
The term plonk originated in Australia and is thought to be a disparaging (herabsetzend) alteration of blanc, as in vin blanc or white wine.
Some sources believe the term came about during World War I when soldiers from various British Empire countries had contact with French troops. Because they only spoke English, troops like those from Australia created their own words from foreign languages that they were exposed to.
The phrase plonk did not gain popularity in Britain until the 1950s when ordinary British people began to drink wine.
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SYNONYMS
rot gut (U.S. English: rot = verfaulen, gut = Magen oder Darm);
bum (Penner) wine,
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“Can you believe they would serve this kind of plonk in a five star restaurant?”
slang noun
- Cheap wine, especially wine that is not of good quality.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
The term plonk originated in Australia and is thought to be a disparaging (herabsetzend) alteration of blanc, as in vin blanc or white wine.
Some sources believe the term came about during World War I when soldiers from various British Empire countries had contact with French troops. Because they only spoke English, troops like those from Australia created their own words from foreign languages that they were exposed to.
The phrase plonk did not gain popularity in Britain until the 1950s when ordinary British people began to drink wine.
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SYNONYMS
rot gut (U.S. English: rot = verfaulen, gut = Magen oder Darm);
bum (Penner) wine,
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“Can you believe they would serve this kind of plonk in a five star restaurant?”
