Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)Of fans, to invent explanations to gloss over mistakes in continuity.

Origin

From fan + wank. See fan (“fanatic, enthusiast”). British writer Craig Hinton claimed to h

From fan + wank. See fan (“fanatic, enthusiast”). British writer Craig Hinton claimed to have coined the term in the context of Doctor Who fandom.

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Forms

fanwanks, fanwanking, fanwanked, fanwanked
Base formfanwank · to fanwank
3rd person singularfanwanks
Present participlefanwanking
Past simplefanwanked
Past participlefanwanked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfanwank
he, she, itfanwanks

Past simpleLesson

all personsfanwanked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fanwanked
he, she, ithas fanwanked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fanwank

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fantasticA2fantasyB1farB2
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