Over at http://www.urbandictionary.com%20the/ the number one definition for splink contains two very different meanings.
n: a square ball
A square ball is a very rare thing to find, and if you've seen one you are part of a rarefied group.
More interesting is this definition:
n: a chinese father, who is very strict, and when poked, makes a strange high pitched sound
This is intriguing. Do they all make the same high-pitched sound, or various sounds of a high pitch? There are rarely any sources on Urban Dictionary, which is troublesome. There is even fewer attempts at etymology. And there is absolutely no attempt at entymology, although that I can kind of understand. Still...
I'm guessing that the -ink suffix comes from "chink" so I would be careful just blithesomely bandying it around a Chinese household that contains a strict, screeching father.
If this word is derived from "chink" it may somewhat taint this blog, although the title "have some splink" appears to be recommending them. In this way it is very pro-splink. And you can't be pro-splink without being pro-chink. So, I don't really see this meaning cropping up as a nuisance.
Unless the title is interpreted as "Have some splink for railroad labor" but that is quite a stretch because it has been years since we used mass Chinese labor to build things. Also we aren't building any railroads. So stop being so sensitive, you stupid cunt!
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