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Wanker is a pejorative term in use in the British, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Meaning and usage

  1. "One who (masturbates)
  1. "A contemptible person" or "jerk",
  1. Slang for penis.,

Examples:

  • "No one wants to be seen as 'a wanker'.
  • "You wanker".
  • "Fuck off, wanker".

See also

References

  1. Cameron, Deborah 'Naming of Parts: Gender, Culture, and Terms for the Penis among American College Students' in American Speech Vol. 67, No. 4 p372

General reading on slang terms and "swearing"

  • Jenny Cheshire, 1991, English Around the World: sociolinguistic perspectives. Published by Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521395658.
  • Anthony McEnery and Tony McEnery, 2005 ,Swearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present. Published by Routledge, ISBN 0415258375.
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