wankery

English

Etymology

wank +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

wankery (uncountable)

1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around).
   • 2002, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock:

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

   • 2003, Marshall Moore, The Concrete Sky:

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

   • 2003, Jim DeRogatis, Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock:

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

   • 2007, Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography:

     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.

See also

• wankerdom