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Wankfest vs Winkfest - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between wankfest and winkfest

is that wankfest is an event, publication, etc. that is wanky: narcissistically foolish or pretentious while winkfest is a work typified by winking, either literally or in the form of ironic self-reference.

wankfest

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, vulgar) An event, publication, etc. that is wanky: narcissistically foolish or pretentious.
  • * 2001 , Vincent McInerney, Writing for radio
    • If what you write has any worth, it may lie submerged for a time, but will eventually surface when the present wankfest has passed.
  • * 2004 , Neil Kulkarni, Hip hop: bring the noise: the stories behind the biggest songs
    • 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 ...
  • *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.

    • winkfest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (arts, rare) A work typified by winking, either literally or in the form of ironic self-reference.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 29, author=The New York Times, title=Movie Guide and Film Series, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The girl sleuth in a retro-pomo pop-culture winkfest that has everything but a good mystery, which was all it needed. }}

    See also

    * wankfest