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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>boink</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="Bohr-bug.html" title="Bohr bug"/><link rel="next" href="bomb.html" title="bomb"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">boink</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Bohr-bug.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bomb.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="boink"/><dt xmlns="" id="boink"><b>boink</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/boynk/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [Usenet: variously ascribed to the TV series
<i class="citetitle">Cheers</i>, <i class="citetitle">Moonlighting</i>, and
<i class="citetitle">Soap</i>]<span class="grammar">v.</span> To have
sex with; compare <a href="bounce.html"><i class="glossterm">bounce</i></a>, sense 2. (This is
mainstream slang.) In Commonwealth hackish the variant &#8216;bonk&#8217;
is more common. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> After the original Peter
Korn &#8216;Boinkon&#8217; <a href="../U/Usenet.html"><i class="glossterm">Usenet</i></a> parties, used for
almost any net social gathering, e.g., Miniboink, a small boink held by
Nancy Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989;
Humpdayboinks, Wednesday get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Compare <a href="../0/at-party.html"><i class="glossterm">@-party</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Var of <span class="firstterm">bonk</span>; see
<a href="bonk-oif.html"><i class="glossterm">bonk/oif</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Bohr-bug.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bomb.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Bohr bug </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bomb</td></tr></table></div></body></html>