Bonk

calbert at pop.tiac.net calbert at pop.tiac.net
Fri Jul 18 16:13:32 CDT 1997


Now I'm sure everyone will agree that it is just "coincidence" that 
this is the word I had stamped on my vanity plates last August, 
right?
(Errrr, yeah, we *guess* so, chuckie)

I can't HEAR you!

cfa


> Charles F. Albert sez
> >Bonk has two other meanings which I fully expect will shed no light 
> >whatsoever on this question.
> >Haute contemporary slang (predominantly among children)
> >to bonk- to "hit the wall", run out of energy....
> 
> This usage is also universal (at least in the U.S.) among recreational 
> bicyclists.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
> 
> 



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