[DVBC] BONKERS -- Where did the word come from?

[Dave Hartrum]

So when I ask someone if they bonk'd on the last ride which of the 3  
meanings will they likely think I am referring to?


Dave Hartrum
dhartrum at mac.com



On Mar 11, 2007, at 5:30 PM, Bob LaDrew wrote:

>     It was indeed Chris Ann Martha (the lady with three first  
> names) who suggested in early 2000 that "Go Bonkers!" be used as  
> the DVBC slogan.
>     According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest known  
> use of the word bonk as a sudden attack of fatigue was by the Daily  
> Mail in 1952 ("He hoped to ward off that sinking feeling which  
> comes after prolonged effort and which athletes call 'bonk'".
>     The origin of bonkers as meaning mad or "crackers" is unknown.  
> The earliest known listing of it was in the Partridge Dictionary of  
> Forces' Slang in 1948: light in the head; slightly drunk. Perhaps  
> from bonk, a blow or punch on the bonce or head.
>     As of 1984, bonk had also come to have the meaning "an act of  
> sexual intercourse," as in "Did you have a good bonk last night?"
>     --Bob LaDrew
>

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