Taxonomy vs Wankfest - What's the difference?
taxonomy | wankfest |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(slang, vulgar) An event, publication, etc. that is wanky: narcissistically foolish or pretentious.
* 2001 , Vincent McInerney, Writing for radio
* 2004 , Neil Kulkarni, Hip hop: bring the noise: the stories behind the biggest songs
*2014 , Laurie Penny, The New Statesman , 12 Jan 2014:
*:Whose wankfest is this anyway? The BBC's Sherlock'' doesn’t just engage with fan fiction - it ''is fan fiction.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and wankfest
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while wankfest is (slang|vulgar) an event, publication, etc that is wanky: narcissistically foolish or pretentious.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologywankfest
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(en noun)- If what you write has any worth, it may lie submerged for a time, but will eventually surface when the present wankfest has passed.
- Most rap albums are too long — fact. lt's one of the perils of CDs that many albums in all genres have turned into over-indulgent wankfests ...
