wanger

1) n

British

a schoolchildren's euphemism for wanker. This expression from the late 1980s is apparently sufficiently disguised to allow its use in the presence of adults or even on broadcasts such as the

British children's TV series Grange Hill.

2) n (wang)

the penis. These are more recent spell-ings of whang and whanger; words which emerged around the turn of the 20th century. They probably derive from an echoic

British dialect word meaning beat, hit or slap, with a secondary meaning of strike in the figurative sense of impress or surprise. Although a vulgarism, wang is often considered less offensive than prick (but probably more offensive than syno-nyms such as dong, willie, etc.) Unlike many similar terms, wang does not have the additional sense of a fool.

3) see wanga