French slang for
masturbation.
1. (Vulgar) Wank, ham shank, hand shandy (act of
masturbation).
2. (Vulgar) Crap, bullshit (worthless thing or activity)
3. (Vulgar) Crap, bullshit, wankery (dubious or too elaborated construct, in general
intellectually).
Derives from "branler" (to wobble, te be unstanble, also in slang to wank).
Se taper une branlette = to pull one's wire, to have a
ham shankLire des bouquins, c'est le la branlette = Reading books is a fucking
waste of time.
La droite, la gauche, le libéralisme, le communisme, c'est de la branlette tout ça ! = Right, left, free market economy, communism,
that's all bullshit.