wankery
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around).
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around).
“i see I've missed a lot of dungeon synthcorse and only found out about it when seemingly sane people were talking about why people shouldn't be gatekeeping and just generally stop with the wankery. if someone wants to pour me the tea, my DMs are open”
“i see I've missed a lot of dungeon synthcorse and only found out about it when seemingly sane people were talking about why people shouldn't be gatekeeping and just generally stop with the wankery. if someone wants to pour me the tea, my DMs are open”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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