wank
nounEtymology Origin unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang (“to whack or beat”). Compare Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”).
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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Slang, Vulgar An act of masturbation.
- He’s having a wank!
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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang, Vulgar An undesirable person.
- You utter wank! How could you behave like that?
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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Slang, Vulgar Nonsense, rubbish.
- This opera is wank.
- Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank.
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- I do sell a lot of wank, don't I?2000, Dylan Moran, “Cooking the Books”, in Black Books, season 1, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Fran (Tamsin Greig):
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Lifestyle Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Slang Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space.
- Sometimes those involved in the wank will attempt to steer discussion by disguising themselves with a different user name and posting their own support.2010, Karen Hellekson, “History, the Trace, and Fandom Wank”, in Heather Urbanski, editor, Writing and the Digital Generation: Essays on New Media Rhetoric, page 64:
- As we've seen, the wank that broke out at the very first Supernatural fan convention (Asylum) in Coventry, UK in 2007 was partly inspired by Jensen Ackles' joke about Wincest.2011, Katherine Larsen, Lynn Zubernis, Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/producer Relationships, page 156:
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- The general mission of Twankhard was to highlight various wanks in the fandom and cultivate anon-based discussion of them.2013, "AngstGoddess", quoted in Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, unknown page