"I doubt if wankers go out with slags! Aren't wankers, by nature, solitary creatures? ;-) I think tosser has the same origin (wank=toss off? Maybe?) I find wanker is much overused and find myself using it only for persons, usualy white van or BMW drivers, performing selfish acts!"

Tosser is another word for wanker, and goes back to at least the 1930s.

The comedian, Max Miller, used to tell a joke that went as follows:- "I was walking along this narrow mountain ledge the other day, when I came face to face with a pretty young woman. I didn't know whether to toss meself orf, or block 'er passage"

ergo Tosser = Wanker.

Don T.