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!

I've never heard it used for penis before, and I was born in the mid-late 1960s!

It must have been used before the middle of the last century!

I was going to say this. I can remember it being used often in 80s south London. It was also used to mean wally.

I've always know it as penis - pulling my plonker. See also Percy as in point Percy at the porcelain.

This thread is a great example of why trying to ban words is a fucking waste of time.

"You can't say xxxx - it means yyyyy"

"OK, we'll say 'flowery' instead. Just everyone knows it means 'yyyyy'. Or they will when the story hits."

I refuse to believe in magic words. I also refuse to believe that anyone who does is really that clever.

Context is everything. There is no such thing as a context free word.

I thought it was a reference to the sound a poo makes when it hits the water - the poo is the plonker.

I thought it meant both idiot and penis.

I am 62 from the south-east.

It’s like a tonsil stone but comes out of the penis 🤣

I always thought plonker meant dick, so being called a plonker or pulling my plonker would translate to the same word

He’s wrong. It didn’t mean penis.

It’s a very mild penis-based insult, like calling someone a knob or a prick.

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I didn't know what Twat mean until recently! I am scottish and we have another word for "it" so I didn't twig

Those who say it doesn't mean penis,
they are PLONKERS in the other sense of the word.

I never thought it meant penis either.

if you say ‘pulling my plonker’ it takes on the meaning of penis, but you could say that about lots of words ‘stayed at home all day pulling my hoover’

I’m sure I’ve seen an Only Fools documentary where John Sullivan says he didn’t think he’d be able to get away with the use of ‘Plonker’ in the show due to its meaning.

Where did you get this idea from?

only ever heard it used as idiot or eejit in Ireland.

No it doesn't mean penis, it means idiot.

South London cockney here. Plonker means a fool/wally. There was also a saying “you’re pulling my plonker” so two separate uses of the word

Any word can become a rude word if you want.

Does he mean pillock? Which is an old English word willy I think

Didn't Max Miller get into terrible trouble about a joke on the radio where he said he saw a policeman chasing a robber and he managed to catch him by the shoe repairers ?

The joke was cleared by the censor (who apparently said "I don't see how it's funny ....")

I'll leave that one to flush out the smart alecs :) I wonder if CahtGPT can get it ?

Your DP is wrong. What does plonka mean in British slang?

a stupid person
/ˈplɑːŋkər/ (British English, slang) a stupid person.
plonker noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes

From The Cassell Dictionary of Slang, plonker meant the penis from c. 1960.
At the same time it came to be a general term of abuse, akin to dickhead.

Yah boo sucks to the naysayers.

I don’t think your Google is working because I also googled it and the definitions matched what lots of people here have said as well as my own understanding of the term: basically an idiot 🤷🏻‍♀️