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Wank

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Wank may refer to:
  • Slang for masturbation
  • Wanker, a pejorative term, literally meaning one who wanks (masturbates)
  • Wank, Bavaria, a mountain in Bavaria in south Germany
  • Roland Wank (1898–1970), a Hungarian modernist architect
  • WANK, a VAX/VMS computer worm

See also

  • Wankel engine, a type of rotary internal combustion engine
  • Cockney Wanker, a character from Viz based on the male Cockney (someone from East London).
  • Thomas Wanker (born 1973), an Austrian composer who works on TV and film scores
  • www.tism.wanker.com, the name of a 1998 album by Australian alternative rock group TISM.
Wanker is a pejorative term of British origin, common in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and British-influenced territories like South Africa, and gaining usage in Canada and the United States.
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Wank (IPA: [vaŋk]) is a mountain in Estergebirge (part of Bavarian Prealps), by Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany, close to the Austrian border.
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Roland Wank (1898–1970) was a Hungarian modernist architect, best known for his work for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the United States.

Wank was educated at the Royal Technical University, Budapest.
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The WANK Worm was a computer worm that attacked DEC VMS computers in 1989 over the DECnet.

Political message

The WANK worm had a distinct political message attached, and it was the first major worm to have a political message.
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Wankel rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. This design delivers smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine.
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Cockney Wanker is a character from Viz based on a stereotype of the male Cockney (someone from East London). He is a thief, conman and charlatan who speaks in impossible rhyming slang and spends his days drinking, selling stolen or unworkable goods to passers-by on the
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Thomas Wanker (born 1973 in Graz, Austria) is a composer who works on TV and film scores.

Buffyverse

He is best known for scoring Buffy the Vampire Slayer for most of Seasons 5 and 6, more specifically:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) TV Series (episodes 5.01-5.
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