bonk

UK slang for the act of having sex. See also boink, the term Americans prefer to use.

Onomotopoetic: To hit, usually over the head, with an oblong object that is usually made of wood (such as a baseball bat, clue by four or LART), making the bonk sound as it connects with someone's cranium.

v. to run out of energy or grow exhausted on a ride. "I bonked so early, it was embarrassing."

From the Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang

NEC's attempt at a viable mascot to compete with Nintendo's Mario and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog on NEC's TurboGrafx 16. Starred in bonk's adventure, bonk's revenge, and in a roundabout way, Air Zonk. He Replaced their previous, lackluster mascot, Keith Courage.

Then Again,, I think whacking people with your head is much less cool than transforming into a giant robot with a lightsaber.

The Bonk RPG was fast-tracked in 1993 as Hudson and NEC turned all their attention to the project. Electronic Gaming Monthly got the scoop on the game and ran exclusive pictures and a detailed preview of the game that depicted Bonk teaming up with new unnamed characters and a few old enemies to battle King Drool once again. Screenshots of the game showed Bonk and friends traveling on the map screen as well as some character art. Interestingly enough, screenshots of an RPG failed to show pictures of any kind of battle scenes.

So where'd the game go, and why haven't you probably heard of it until now? The game was 20% complete when NEC pulled the plug on the TG16 in the USA and began a last-ditch effort to save the system in Japan. Seeing as how Bonk was more popular in America than Japan, the Bonk RPG was put on hold indefinitely. It never resurfaced and was banished to video game lore.

As for Bonk himself, Hudson took him and developed ports of Bonk's Adventure and Bonk's Revenge for the NES, Super NES (Super Bonk and Super Bonk 2) and Game Boy in 1994.

Bonking is also a term used in distance running and endurance races like the Ironman triathlon. As SuperDan2K points out, it means to run out of energy. This is a physiological condition caused when muscles become saturated with lactic acid, or when runners' natural energy stores are depleted. Synonymous with hitting the wall. Many marathon runners experience such a feeling at around mile 18 of the 26.2 mile run.

Severe pain occurs in leg muscles, mostly, and also in shoulder, back and upper arm muscles. Eilte runners manage to prevent bonking by conditioning regimens, and can put off some of the effects by taking quick digestion sugar mixtures and exercise fluids like Gatorade during the final stages of the marathon. They also say that pain is inevitable for the competitive marathoner or triathlete, and that pain management is necessary.

To get some non sexual content onto this piece of html, Bonk, pronounced "beyonk" is of course the capital of the mysterious ethnic conglomerate of Uberwald on the increasingly detailed mapped Discworld.

A rather dark place with narrow streets and houses build like fortresses (to keep the suckers out), Bonk is being ruled by an uneasy triumvirate of Dwarfs, Vampires and Werewolfs. The rule is being enforced by a rather gloomy townwatch which doesn't really know whose will it is enforcing.

For some reason their population seem to have a slight accent and pronounce their "W"'s like "V"s (as in "vot do you vant") their "a"'s like "o"'s and their "th" like a "z" (as is "vot ze hell"),

Culinary highlights are fatsup, beer and sausages with real meat in them.

Source: The fifth elephant, Terry Pratchett, Corgi 1999