Talk:Wanker

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Contents 1 Git 2 Australia 3 References! 4 Trivia 5 {{OR}}, {{tone}} and {{Copyedit}}

[edit] Git

I've created a stub for the British slang term git, which is pretty much a softer synonym of wanker (though with a different derivation and subtleties of usage). Help with expanding it would be appreciated. Cheers! Artw 03:26, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

• If anyones come across any good sources of citations for slang terms that would be especially appreciated! Artw 03:28, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Australia

Its still an insult here, although a generic one (not implying that the subject is a masturbator, although statistically he almost certainly is). I can't believe some wanker thought otherwise.

[edit] References!

• Reference to wanking gesture: [1]
• Entry with a discussion of etymology: [2]
• Article which has a reference to showing off and an interesting account of a court case involving "wanker": [3]
• Not actually relevant, but has a funny anecdote: [4]
• Some paper from the Australian Linguistic society I haven't read: [5], found on this page: [6] (Well maybe you should read it. It says clearly that wanker = pretentious in Australia.)
• Not really a reference, but discusses explanation in OED (might be worth following up): [7]
• You have to pay for this one and I don't know what use it is; nevertheless, it has the word: [8]

I hope my half-an-hour enduring Google torture was not in vain. Rintrah 12:20, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's a nice pic of the motion in context [9] in case anyone doubts it's real. There are some rock stars who have famously used it - Liam Gallagher perhaps? -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's proof it can get you in trouble: [10]. Rintrah 13:46, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Please clear out all but the most important trivia (a contradiction in terms, I know). Meeeeep 07:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{OR}}, {{tone}} and {{Copyedit}}

I don't see anything in the article today that merits these tags. If no-one has any specific problems then I'll remove them in a few days. Thanks. --Cherry blossom tree 00:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Theswe applied to an earlier version of the article (one that was up for deletion). We can probably take them off right now given the significant work done since. Artw 00:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I've copyedited this fucker, even though the tags were removed, and its now ready for a peer review. I originally put up the {{copyedit}} one during a copyedit of the article. It now reads much better. Meep 14:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC)