To have not realised that "Plonker" means penis.

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Until today when DP told me. I was very surprised as it never occurred to me. I also can't believe that they got away with saying it on TV in the 80s during family viewing time!

Er - you what now?

I've never heard this before, I always thought it meant idiot so you're not the only one.

I'm 65 and I've never heard that!

No it doesn't!

Idiot isn’t it not penis?

I learnt at secondary school when a teacher told us because people were saying it. But, otherwise, I probably wouldn't have known.

Not here it doesn't.

Plonker I thought meant idiot, bit like Wally.

But people do tend to use it to mean idiot/wally.

Soz - you're wrong

Just googled:

Plonker" is a British English slang term, typically used to describe a stupid or foolish person. It is considered informal and can be offensive. The term is often used as a lighthearted insult or playful jab

Tell your DH he is the plonker 😂😂

First I've heard of that. Even in the 1980s, DelBoy called Rodney a plonker. Even then it wasn't a name for a penis as far as I know.

Plonker is idiot and also penis. Unfortunately that’s the word my DH uses so all my DS s do as well. It’s used like the word “Willie”. I’m used to it but yes if I think about it I wish they didn’t use this word🤣

It's both.

"Rodney, you plonker!"

"I stayed home all day, pulling my plonker."

Plonkers was a gay game, a spin on the word conkers. But it's original meaning was a clumsy/foolish person. Plonk is to put something/yourself down heavily/carelessly "plonk yourself on the couch". So a plonker was originally similar to an oaf.

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199916214.001.0001/acref-9780199916214-e-1700

Originally, in mid-19th-century slang, anything large or substantial. By the 1960s the term was being applied to the
penis, and ...

Yeah your husband is the penis. He’s totally made this up!!! Plonker just means wally

Where I’m from, yes plonker did used to mean penis many years ago. I haven’t heard it in that context for a long time though. I remember hearing the expression “pulling my plonker” which was a ruder version of pulling my leg!

Plonker was definitely an acceptable substitute for penis when I was young. (I’m 66).

Edited to add:

Also, dick.

It's not a word that's really used in the US, but I thought it meant "idiot." This is what urban dictionary says:

Well you've just taught me something new. I guess I always knew it would have a meaning, as most insults come from somewhere, but I never cared enough to find out!

I have never heard of plonker meaning penis. I thought it was popularised from only fools and horses.

It doesn't.

Ye, it can mean Penistone, but more widely idiot.

I think it's two seperate meanings, as in when you call someone a ponker you're calling them an idiot not a penis.

Definitely a ruder version of pulling my leg - having me on - nah, you’re just pulling my plonker (used by male or female speakers).