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/wangk/ , n.,v.,adj. [Columbia University: prob.: by mutation from
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Commonwealth slang v. wank , to masturbate] Used much as hack is elsewhere,
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as a noun denoting a clever technique or person or the result of such
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cleverness. May describe (negatively) the act of hacking for hacking's sake
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( Quit wanking, let's go get supper! ) or (more positively) a wizard. Adj.
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wanky describes something particularly clever (a person, program, or
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algorithm). Conversations can also get wanky when there are too many wanks
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involved. This excess wankiness is signalled by an overload of the
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wankometer (compare bogometer ). When the wankometer overloads, the
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conversation's subject must be changed, or all non-wanks will leave. Compare
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neep-neeping (under neep-neep ). Usage: U.S. only. In Britain and the
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Commonwealth this word is extremely rude and is best avoided unless one
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intends to give offense. Adjectival wanky is less offensive and simply means
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stupid or broken (this is mainstream in Great Britain).
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