Meaning of wankery | Babel Free

Definitions

Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around).

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

“The core band, meanwhile, had clearly honed their chops well on stage; Ashton's lead guitar work avoids both wankery and simplicity […]”

“Their visas entailed bribes and a certain amount of bureaucratic wankery, but were approved quickly enough.”

“There are moments of static beauty, haunting sparseness, and pointless wankery, sometimes all in the same tune.”

“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.”

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