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empedocles

(15,751 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:02 PM Nov 2020

'Bonk ban'. A term I haven't heard before. [from an Australia political dispute]

' . . . criticize a term used to describe a rule introduced by his predecessor in 2018 that prohibited sexual relations between staff and ministers. The term: “bonk ban,” which he insisted made light of a serious issue . . . '

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/world/australia/morrison-ruston-bonk-bans-manterruption-sexism.html

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'Bonk ban'. A term I haven't heard before. [from an Australia political dispute] (Original Post) empedocles Nov 2020 OP
Boinking from the where ever? czarjak Nov 2020 #1
Wonder about the correct usage; 'bonk' or 'boink'? empedocles Nov 2020 #2
It's the southern hemisphere, everything is opposite so yonder Nov 2020 #3
Don't these bonkers know how to spell correctly?? Zambero Nov 2020 #4

yonder

(9,683 posts)
3. It's the southern hemisphere, everything is opposite so
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:35 PM
Nov 2020

what's "knob" to us is "bonk" to them. I think they're talking about a ban on "knobbers".

Something to do with the Coriolis Effect?

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