Wankshaft

A term that indicates something being utterly pointless, like a chocolate teapot, a man who is afraid of spiders or a Palestinian passport. The phrase coming from the idea that the shaft, the length of the male member, is solely being employed for wanking and not for procreation. The sin of Onan, or onanism, is not now inherent in its use as it is rarely used to describe actual masterbatory practices, but more usually the extrapolation of the term wank as a noun. Whilst the term wanker is usually used in either vitriol or as a term of endearment, the word wankshaft always implies digust and disdain.