Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wankster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wankster
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who pretends to be a member of an urban gang or affects hip-hop styles and attitudes; a gangster poseur.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"He becomes a real-life version of the synthesized, ghetto-head wanksters that MTV parades as black males in their Real World shows."
"[…] that whiteboy wannabe wankster waste is so far behind he can't even dream of catching up."
"The first prototype of what would eventually morph into Ali G was called MC Jocelyn Cheadle-Hume, whom Sacha describes as “a hip-hop journalist, a wankster reporter.”"

Etymology

Blend of wannabe + gangster, and simultaneously also evocative of wanker.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wanksters (plural)

Synonyms

wanksta

Questions

What does wankster mean?: A person who pretends to be a member of an urban gang or affects hip-hop styles and attitudes; a gangster poseur.
Where does wankster come from?: Blend of wannabe + gangster, and simultaneously also evocative of wanker.

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