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  • noun slang An event, publication, etc. that is wanky: narcissistically foolish or pretentious.

Etymologies

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wank +‎ -fest

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Examples

  • Will the winners indulge in what is colloquially refered to as a "wankfest"?

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • I have previously defined a "wankfest" as a program in which Beck asks his guests many different variations of the question, "Can you tell me all the many ways you think I am right?"

    News Hounds Guest Blogger 2010

  • I have previously defined a "wankfest" as a program in which Beck asks his guests many different variations of the question, "Can you tell me all the many ways you think I am right?"

    News Hounds Guest Blogger 2010

  • Then again it was written by Rod (erick) Liddle - one of those idiots that repeatedly say the most inane things yet continue to be asked their opinion on shows like the pedants 'wankfest that is Question Time.

    Rod Liddle's Wet Dream Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • Last time I read up on the topic (during the Enola Gay wankfest), I came to a fairly different conclusion, but maybe I read too shallowly and/or new information come out since. thanks

    War Crimes, Past and Present 2009

  • And, given that kind of setup, I doubt anyone would feel any less immersed and involved than they would playing a sixty hour graphical wankfest all by themselves.

    Archive 2008-01-01 SVGL 2008

  • Rest assured, Howards End will never be a self-congratulatory, wankfest social club for those without a First Life.

    If we can't make you open, we will take it out in blood. greygirlbeast 2008

  • Needless to say, I did not tune in for the Jonathan Woss ego massaging wankfest.

    Jonathan (W)Ross has returned to the airwaves. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • TheEye insists on ignoring the whole thing - especially the wankfest that the BBC have been having for weeks.

    President O'Bambi FIDO The Dog 2009

  • Easter Egg hunts, pointless PR wankfest from the hive mind mentality of James Purnell...

    If ever there was a government out of touch, then New Labour is it. FIDO The Dog 2009

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