who ever came up with the word donk

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just curious about the word donk.whoever came up with that word in poker.
 
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I'm not sure. I always thought it was brought about because the donks tend to be the workhorses/donkeys at the beginning of a tournament. They play crazy, knock a bunch of people and themselves out, and keep the tournament moving at a pretty high rate of action for awhile.
 
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ha gribbley i like your definition and its great until you are one of the ones who gets knocked out of a tourny by a donk
 
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Anyone else play crosswords??


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1. Donkey (3 letters).
 
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I got beaten by a few donks today on full tilt grrrr

But that's what I get for making a few donk-ish (can i say that?) moves myself haha
 
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I got beaten by a few donks today on full tilt grrrr

But that's what I get for making a few donk-ish (can i say that?) moves myself haha

Poker karma, right, protogirl?;)


It's funny how upset that players get when they get sucked out on by a donk, forgetting that they have probably had their fair share of donk moments, too!

Everyone does something donk-like every once in awhile, even the professionals. Anyone that says they've never made a donk play isn't telling the truth or is suffering from VERY selective memory.

It's the players that don't do anything BUT make donk moves that stand out.
 
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Only person who might have started it and still uses it is Mike Matasow
LOL...if you look closely at the way he talks with his grinding side to side ways...he reminds me of a friend of mine when he's on coke....(not the liquide but the powder)
 
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Only person who might have started it and still uses it is Mike Matasow
LOL...if you look closely at the way he talks with his grinding side to side ways...he reminds me of a friend of mine when he's on coke....(not the liquide but the powder)

^^^^^^THIS.

Matusow made the term popular during the ESPN wsop broadcasts (either '04 or '05).
 
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donk - donkey..., the horses´ ugly sister..., believed not to be too smart.
Used not only in poker, and in more languages than only english, to say just that..., so why not in poker too?
 
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I dont know who actually started the Donk word , but does anyone remember what we used to call them in the younger days of online poker??






WADB...wild ass douchbags...lol
 
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I don't know but I wish they could change it to something a bit more offensive. That way maybe the donks would stop being whatever the new name was.
 
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by the way

There is in this site list of abbreviations of words that users use them in poker sites?
 
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i always thought mike the mouth came up with the term "donkey" if im wrong im sorry but he uses more than any other pro i kno.
 
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I don't know who came up with the word, all I know is that they always seem to catch when they chase there flush and straight draws on me.
 
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Anyone else play crosswords??


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1. Donkey (3 letters).

I would've thought 4..
.. but anyway..
:stoned:

I have no idea who started but would imagine it have something to do with...
"you may as well just kick your chips in donkey"
 
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I don't know but I wish they could change it to something a bit more offensive. That way maybe the donks would stop being whatever the new name was.


I think whiners are a bigger pain in the butt than any donkey. I play live 3 to 4 times a week and I've made it pretty obvious I think the people that cry donkey are wussies and soreheads.

It's funny that the whiners, almost all the whines I hear, are at the free taproom poker, not the cash games on the weekends. Which means that they, the weak players, are the cherished, to be succored at all times.
 
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Oh, thanks you. this what I was looking for.
 
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Not sure, but the first time someone called me a donk, I thought of A$$, like JackA$$. X
 
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I learned the word "donk" from reading the Cardschat forums hehe.

In my opinion, whoever came up with it did a nice job of making it sound not that bad (there could be much more angry words or acronyms/abbreviations :))
 
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donk = donkey. you can lead a donkey to the river
 
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Donk

:eek: :eek: :rolleyes: :D

If someone played like an idiot they were called a jack arrrrs.
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Jack arrrrrses are donkey's.
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Donkey was shortened to Donk.
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So Donk it is .....

:D :D :D
 
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