wankster
wankster noun: a person who pretends to be a member of an urban gang or affects hip-hop styles and attitudes; a gangster poseur.
Noun
wankster (plural wanksters)
- A person who pretends to be a member of an urban gang or affects hip-hop styles and attitudes; a gangster poseur.
- He becomes a real-life version of the synthesized, ghetto-head wanksters that MTV parades as black males in their Real World shows.2004, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women: Going Beyond Sexual Politics to the Heart of the Matter, Pocket Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 82
- […] that whiteboy wannabe wankster waste is so far behind he can't even dream of catching up.2005, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Volumes 56-57, 48
- Synonyms:
- wanksta
Synonyms of wankster
Forms of wankster
| plural | wanksters |
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Origin of wankster
Blend of wannabe + gangster, and simultaneously also evocative of wanker.
Questions about wankster
- What does wankster mean?
- Wankster means a person who pretends to be a member of an urban gang or affects hip-hop styles and attitudes; a gangster poseur.
- What part of speech is wankster?
- Wankster is a noun.
- What is the plural of wankster?
- The plural of wankster is wanksters.
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