wanksta

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noun

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

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nounwanksta (plural wankstas)

plural wankstas

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

    And my heart's desire wasn't to be known as some fake wanksta or a spoilt little rich kid.

    2008, Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, Serpent's Tail, →ISBN, page 49
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    That was where the chickenheads and wankstas hung out, sporting Sean John, Rocawear, Enyce, and Phat Farm like ghetto-fab Italian suits.

    2004, Eric Jerome Dickey, Naughty or Nice, New American Library, →ISBN, page 37

    Nearly two hundred years separate Jim Crow from Vanilla Ice, The (White) Rapper Show, Eminem, the Beastie Boys, and a legion of other wanksta wiggers.

    2011, Miles White, From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 125

    Synonyms: wankster

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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Origin

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

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APA

wanksta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wanksta

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