"wankery" meaning in English

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          "text": "Their visas entailed bribes and a certain amount of bureaucratic wankery, but were approved quickly enough.",
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          "ref": "2007, Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography:",
          "text": "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.",
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