"wankfest" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-wankfest.ogg [Australia] Forms: wankfests [plural]
Etymology: 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
    Sense id: en-wankfest-en-noun-ef~y~zPq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fest

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wankfest meaning in English (1.9kB)

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