wankeryEnglishOxford New American Dictionarywankery /ˈwaNGkərē, ˈwæŋkəri / ▸ noun British vulgar slang pretentious, contemptible, or stupid behavior or material: I still love his earlier, funnier work, but after a while it just got to be overly clever wankery. – ORIGIN 1970s : from wank + -ery.