wankster

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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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nounwankster (plural wanksters)

plural wanksters

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

    […] 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
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    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

    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.”

    2008, Kathleen Tracy, Sacha Baron Cohen: The Unauthorized Biography: From Cambridge to Kazakhstan, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 47

    Synonyms: wanksta

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 + gangster, and simultaneously also evocative of wanker.

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APA

wankster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wankster

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“wankster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wankster. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wankster,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wankster.

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