07-24-2003, 10:15 PM
It is not a bit of US slang, it is as far as I know Brit slang. It is only used by those Americans who have been exposed to what a Wanker is.
The American equivalent is, generally:
Jackoff
Jagoff
Jagov (the Pittsburgh variant)
Jerkoff
And on to such poetic versions as
Pud Bender
Monkey Spanker
Weasel Wrestler
Mink Milker
Sausage Squeezer
Rod Rubber
Rod Wholloper (imported from Australia, that term!)
and so on.
Its connotation can be taken both literally, as in Onanism, or in a more figurative sense, as in one who expends energy in a worthless or pointless pursuit, or one having little clue, or one who is a collasal screw up, or all of the above. :) A general term of derision.
The term is generally male in implication. I would appreciate any education available on such perjoratives of similar connotation used to refer to the fairer sex, but for some reason I don't think this particular epithet necessarily has a tit for tat (sorry for the pun) equivalent equal on the distaff side. In the words of George Carlin, I suspect that Wanker, like urinal, is only 50% universal! :)
So, in summary, when you say Wanker, it means Wanker with the same meaning as in The Queen's Own! :D
It's sort of like saying the Mexican word "Tortilla." It means . . . Tortilla! :)
The American equivalent is, generally:
Jackoff
Jagoff
Jagov (the Pittsburgh variant)
Jerkoff
And on to such poetic versions as
Pud Bender
Monkey Spanker
Weasel Wrestler
Mink Milker
Sausage Squeezer
Rod Rubber
Rod Wholloper (imported from Australia, that term!)
and so on.
Its connotation can be taken both literally, as in Onanism, or in a more figurative sense, as in one who expends energy in a worthless or pointless pursuit, or one having little clue, or one who is a collasal screw up, or all of the above. :) A general term of derision.
The term is generally male in implication. I would appreciate any education available on such perjoratives of similar connotation used to refer to the fairer sex, but for some reason I don't think this particular epithet necessarily has a tit for tat (sorry for the pun) equivalent equal on the distaff side. In the words of George Carlin, I suspect that Wanker, like urinal, is only 50% universal! :)
So, in summary, when you say Wanker, it means Wanker with the same meaning as in The Queen's Own! :D
It's sort of like saying the Mexican word "Tortilla." It means . . . Tortilla! :)
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete