[Spunky]

I was listening to Peter Jennings when he said someone asked him what the sign meant. He said Uh-hummmm! It is in the dictionary, go look it up.

I think Peter had his mind in one place since he didn't want to say what it meant.

The meaning the Iraqi's had on this sign was this

Cambridge Dictionary

wanker noun [C] UK OFFENSIVE
1 a very stupid, unpleasant or useless person, usually a man:
They're all a bunch of wankers!

Book of Slang

wankernoun 1. (Derogatory) an obnoxious or annoying person. 2. a self-indulgent or egotistical person.

I think that is a good definition for those US human shields who went over there.

[2Jedismom]

I suspect the vast majority of people here in the US either don't know what it means or thinks it means what other Freepers have said it means on other threads...

Still, this is an excellent description!

[hillsborofox]

Funny! Guess what, I looked up "wanker" in my dictionary and found the same definition along side a picture of Peter Jennings!