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wanker slang.|ˈwæŋkə(r)|
Also † whanker.
[f. wank v. + -er1.]
1. One who masturbates; wanker's doom, disability caused by excessive masturbation.
1950P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 229 A man suspected of excessive masturbation is said to be suffering from ‘whanker's doom’. 1961H. S. Turner Something Extraordinary ix. 158 Because Willy always has big black circles round his eyes he is classified as ‘pocket billiard player’ or ‘wanker’. 1971B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 86 Failed fucker, failed wanker was an inglorious double billing. 1972K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me xiii. 111 Mortdecai Minor, the likeliest candidate for wanker's doom. 1977Maledicta I. 11 He is whacky, or whacked to the gills; he is wonked goggle-eyed, or is suffering from Wanker's Doom. The last refer to the old idea or threat that masturbation will make a person go blind or deaf or crazy.
2. An objectionable or contemptible person. Cf. wank n. 2.
1972A. Draper Death Penalty v. 36 ‘Get out, you fucker,’ screamed a youth... Another said, ‘You wanker,’ and indulged in a masturbatory gesture. 1976U. Holden String Horses vi. 69 Her kiddies..rarely spoke except to mutter ‘Wanker’ or something crude. 1978K. Amis Jake's Thing xii. 123 ‘Damon, what's a wanker?’.. ‘These days a waster, a shirker, someone who's fixed himself a soft job or an exalted position by means of an undeserved reputation on which he now coasts.’ ‘Oh. Nothing to do with tossing off then?’ ‘Well, connected with it, yes, but more metaphorical than literal.’ 1981P. Niesewand Word of Gentleman xxxii. 222 They're such a bunch of wankers... You can't trust them to do anything properly. |
