wangst en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /wæŋkst/
Etymology
Blend of wank + angst.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Self-indulgent anxiety.
Like some kind of Tim Burtonesque fever dream with a touch more wangst and a smidge less whimsy, Smoke & Mirrors is rollicking, intimate circus-cabaret that will charm your long stripy stockings right off and leave you gagging for more.
2011 January 11, Jack Teiwes, “Smoke & Mirrors | Sydney Festival 2011”, in Australian Stage Online:And I just read lolbabe's update and OMG! My ULife is all parental wangst and yours is all WHEEE DRUNKEN FUMBLING.
2013, Susie Day, Big Woo! My Not-So-Secret Teenage Blog, →ISBN:And yes, on one level I accept that I was being a total dick – an ugly combo of Art Student ennui and “I'm so Goth I shit bats' pseudo-teenage wangst.
2009, Tim Clare, We Can't All be Astronauts, →ISBN, page 89:I drew back from the brink of the impending wangst storm, though, because I know very well that neither Kaoren nor Tsur Selkie are stupid, and Kaoren faking a romance with me would be idiocy.
2011, Andrea K Höst, Lab Rat One: