w-anchor

== English == === Alternative forms === wanchor w⚓ === Etymology === Blend of wanker +‎ anchor, from the homonymy between anchor and anker. === Noun === w-anchor (plural w-anchors) (Internet slang, minced oath, derogatory, vulgar) Filter-avoidance spelling of wanker. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:w-anchor. ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling was more common in the 1990s and 2000s; since the 2010s, the emojified form w⚓ (with the same pronunciation) has been more frequently used in this sense among social media users, following a taboo word emojification trend (compare 🌽 (“porn”) and 🍇ist (“rapist”), for example).