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1. Adjective describing that which has the properies of a wanker.

2. Adjective describing something that has pretentions of being really serious and important, but is really just a bunch of bullshit.

3. Abstract noun referring to the property of being totally fucking retarded.
"I'm sick of all these wankery Star Wars assholes trying to tell me George Lucas is a genius."

"This place reeks of wankery."
wankery by Jonbron May 30, 2005
Often used to describe the actions of some one playing a guitar, and to a lesser extent an electric bass.

Most times, Guitar/bass wankery is when a guitarist/bassist makes excessive use of soloing and techniques such as shrills, taps, slaps & pops, slides, bends, sweeps and the like to the point where its nothing but self satisfaction.

Since such self satisfaction is often said to come from showing off to people with the talents listed above, it has become widely known amongst guitarist/bassist as Wankery.
Some douche in Guitar Center was trying to impress people with some guitar wankery.
wankery by TvsPatrickDuffy September 19, 2005
Wankery, this is it.
Wankery by thenigglet March 24, 2010
A cute way of saying wanker however can annoying to a indivisual
Fuck off you wankery twat
Wankery by Jamypower June 29, 2021

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!
academic wankery by Anna June 30, 2006

The Wankery 

The name given to a specific room in a house dedicated to wanking. When 3 or more people use it once it becomes known as The Wankery.
paul, tim, simon: *wanking*
tim: Hey guys! looks like this is The Wankery now LOL
*continues*
The Wankery by mommysmilk.xxxxx January 14, 2022

Chef Wankery

Doing showman skits while cooking, examples ranges from deglaze (setting the alcohol in the pan on fire), to chopping at high speed without looking.

Coined by Chef William Murray of Fallow restaurant (London, UK) in one of Fallow’s YouTube short.
To be clear, the act of setting it on fire is purely chef wankery. You can just reduce it, it does the exact same thing.
Chef Wankery by thatguywhoplayfgo October 27, 2025
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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