Wanker origins [was TR4 Sold]

[ingate@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)]

Mike Ginter wrote:
        > I work with a guy from New Zealand who told me that "wanker" was an
        > Australian/New Zealand term.  If I remember right, it is not a term 
for a
        > male appendage.

Wanker in Aussie-English is a person with callouses on their palm, not
obtained from heavy labour.  One who BSs a lot. Same as in Yank-speke.

        Shane Ingate, an Aussie lost in San Diego