"wankfest" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-wankfest.ogg Forms: wankfests [plural]
Etymology: From wank + -fest. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wank|fest}} wank + -fest Head templates: {{en-noun}} wankfest (plural wankfests)
  1. (slang, vulgar) An event, publication, etc. that is wanky: narcissistically foolish or pretentious. Tags: slang, vulgar

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Neil Kulkarni, Hip hop: bring the noise: the stories behind the biggest songs:",
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