"wangst" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /wæŋkst/
Rhymes: -æŋkst Etymology: Blend of wank + angst Etymology templates: {{blend|en|wank|angst}} Blend of wank + angst Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wangst (uncountable)
  1. Self-indulgent anxiety. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: wangsty
    Sense id: en-wangst-en-noun-r9ldOEnv Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        {
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Tim Clare, We Can't All be Astronauts, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "And yes, on one level I accept that I was being a total dick – an ugly combo of Art Student ennui and “I'm so Goth I shit bats' pseudo-teenage wangst.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 11, Jack Teiwes, “Smoke & Mirrors | Sydney Festival 2011”, in Australian Stage Online:",
          "text": "Like some kind of Tim Burtonesque fever dream with a touch more wangst and a smidge less whimsy, Smoke & Mirrors is rollicking, intimate circus-cabaret that will charm your long stripy stockings right off and leave you gagging for more.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Andrea K Höst, Lab Rat One:",
          "text": "I drew back from the brink of the impending wangst storm, though, because I know very well that neither Kaoren nor Tsur Selkie are stupid, and Kaoren faking a romance with me would be idiocy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Susie Day, Big Woo! My Not-So-Secret Teenage Blog, →ISBN:",
          "text": "And I just read lolbabe's update and OMG! My ULife is all parental wangst and yours is all WHEEE DRUNKEN FUMBLING.",
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          "ref": "2009, Tim Clare, We Can't All be Astronauts, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "And yes, on one level I accept that I was being a total dick – an ugly combo of Art Student ennui and “I'm so Goth I shit bats' pseudo-teenage wangst.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 11, Jack Teiwes, “Smoke & Mirrors | Sydney Festival 2011”, in Australian Stage Online:",
          "text": "Like some kind of Tim Burtonesque fever dream with a touch more wangst and a smidge less whimsy, Smoke & Mirrors is rollicking, intimate circus-cabaret that will charm your long stripy stockings right off and leave you gagging for more.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Andrea K Höst, Lab Rat One:",
          "text": "I drew back from the brink of the impending wangst storm, though, because I know very well that neither Kaoren nor Tsur Selkie are stupid, and Kaoren faking a romance with me would be idiocy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2013, Susie Day, Big Woo! My Not-So-Secret Teenage Blog, →ISBN:",
          "text": "And I just read lolbabe's update and OMG! My ULife is all parental wangst and yours is all WHEEE DRUNKEN FUMBLING.",
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