wankery
nounEtymology From wank + -ery.
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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Slang, Vulgar Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around).
- The core band, meanwhile, had clearly honed their chops well on stage; Ashton's lead guitar work avoids both wankery and simplicity […]2002, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock:
- Their visas entailed bribes and a certain amount of bureaucratic wankery, but were approved quickly enough.2003, Marshall Moore, The Concrete Sky:
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- There are moments of static beauty, haunting sparseness, and pointless wankery, sometimes all in the same tune.2003, Jim DeRogatis, Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock:
- Sub Pop was different, they were arty and more into darker, weirder stuff like Big Black. K was pretty much the opposite of that kind of macho wankery.2007, Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography:
- Related terms
- wankerdom