Se> (PoSSibly influenced by BritiSh Slang "plonk" for cheap booze, or "plonker" for Someone behaving Stupidly uSually written "*plonk*") The Sound a newbie makeS aS he fallS to the bottom of a kill file. While thiS term originated in the USenetnewSgroupnewS:talk.bizarre, by 1994 it waS wideSpread on USenet and mailing liStS aS a form of public ridicule. Another theory iS that it iS an acronym for "PerSon with Little Or No Knowledge". (2002-01-18)