Academic Wank

Academic Wank describes a writing method employed by students of any subject, (but especially psychology,) who may not necessarily have all the facts at their fingertips, but need to pad-out an essay with some generalised waffle in order to meet the minimum word-count requirement for the coursework set. Often used most in the early hours of the morning before a deadline, academic wank must be employed alongside content with actual intellectual merit in order to not result in a fail. Requires less research than an essay that will get you a first class degree.

"The research methods essay? yeah, I didn't use enough references really, but I typed out some academic wank and handed it in anyway."

by Laraweasil April 3, 2009

academic wankery

Language that academics use to bamboozle and confuse poor, unsuspecting students. The language encorpourates long and technical words designed to display intelligence and knowledge of literary terms but all it really shows is that the author is an academic WANKER! Or A.D for short.

A.D- A knowledge of contextual information broadens ones analytical and probing skills that adds dimension to the concept of existential construct developed after World War One.
Student- I don't get it!
A.D- That's because it really doesn't mean anything and I could probably sum up my point in one sentence because it is so shallow and brief but I would rather confuse you with my extensive knowledge of fuck all!
Student- Aha! Academic Wankery!

by Anna June 30, 2006

academic wanker

An individual complicating matters just to jack off that they know terminology/ books/academic papers.

Academic wanker: "I am looking to affect my footprint negatively from this application."

Non-wanker: "you're going to use the app less?"

by Yippewhooptywoo November 30, 2022