[Magdalen] Our latest Monterey County Weekly cover.

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Wed Aug 17 19:14:58 UTC 2016


I assume "wanker" is related to the activity mentioned in this
alternative Christmas-carol text:

While shepherds watched their flocks by night
All seated on a bank,
The angel of the Lord came down
And taught them how to w**k.

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Roger Stokes
<roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> "wanky" is not really used in British English.  "Wonky", as you say, means
> "not working".  "Wanker" is thoroughly abusive and not used in polite
> society.  The Concise Oxford English dictionary says it is vulgar slang to
> describe a stupid or contemptible person.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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