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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wank</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wango.html" title="wango"/><link rel="next" href="wannabee.html" title="wannabee"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wank</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wango.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wannabee.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wank"/><dt xmlns="" id="wank"><b>wank</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/wangk/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.,v.,adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Columbia University: prob.: by mutation from Commonwealth slang
<span class="grammar">v.</span> <span class="firstterm">wank</span>, to masturbate] Used much as
<a href="../H/hack.html"><i class="glossterm">hack</i></a> is elsewhere, as a noun denoting a clever
technique or person or the result of such cleverness. May describe
(negatively) the act of hacking for hacking's sake (&#8220;<span class="quote">Quit wanking,
let's go get supper!</span>&#8221;) or (more positively) a
<a href="wizard.html"><i class="glossterm">wizard</i></a>. Adj. <span class="firstterm">wanky</span> describes something particularly clever
(a person, program, or algorithm). Conversations can also get wanky when
there are too many wanks involved. This excess wankiness is signalled by
an overload of the <span class="firstterm">wankometer</span>
(compare <a href="../B/bogometer.html"><i class="glossterm">bogometer</i></a>). When the wankometer overloads,
the conversation's subject must be changed, or all non-wanks will leave.
Compare <span class="firstterm">neep-neeping</span> (under
<a href="../N/neep-neep.html"><i class="glossterm">neep-neep</i></a>). Usage: U.S. only. In Britain and the
Commonwealth this word is <span class="emphasis"><em>extremely</em></span> rude and is best
avoided unless one intends to give offense. Adjectival <span class="firstterm">wanky</span> is less offensive and simply means
&#8216;stupid&#8217; or &#8216;broken&#8217; (this is mainstream in Great
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