Gonk

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  gonk /gonk/ vi.,n. 1. [prob. back-formed from {gonkulator}.] To
     prevaricate or to embellish the truth beyond any reasonable recognition.
     In German the term is (mythically) `gonken'; in Spanish the verb becomes
     `gonkar'. "You're gonking me. That story you just told me is a bunch of
     gonk." In German, for example, "Du gonkst mich" (You're pulling my leg).
     See also {gonkulator}. 2. [British] To grab some sleep at an odd time;


     compare {gronk out}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  gonk
       
           /gonk/ 1. To prevaricate or to embellish the truth
          beyond any reasonable recognition.  In German the term is
          (mythically) "gonken"; in Spanish the verb becomes "gonkar".
          "You're gonking me.  That story you just told me is a bunch of
          gonk."  In German, for example, "Du gonkst mir" (You're
          pulling my leg).
       
          See also {gonkulator}.
       
          2. (British) To grab some sleep at an odd time.
       
          Compare {gronk out}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-03-07)