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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gonk</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="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="golf-ball-printer.html" title="golf-ball printer"/><link rel="next" href="gonkulator.html" title="gonkulator"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gonk</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="golf-ball-printer.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gonkulator.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gonk"/><dt xmlns="" id="gonk"><b>gonk</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/gonk/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.,n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [prob. back-formed from <a href="gonkulator.html"><i class="glossterm">gonkulator</i></a>.] To
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prevaricate or to embellish the truth beyond any reasonable recognition.
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In German the term is (mythically) <span class="firstterm">gonken</span>; in Spanish the verb becomes <span class="firstterm">gonkar</span>. “<span class="quote">You're gonking me. That story
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you just told me is a bunch of gonk.</span>” In German, for example,
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“<span class="quote">Du gonkst mich</span>” (You're pulling my leg). See also
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<a href="gonkulator.html"><i class="glossterm">gonkulator</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [British] To grab some sleep at an odd time; compare
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