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Examples of wonk
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Nixon, who clearly preferred foreign to domestic policy, emerges as a true wonk.
From the time.com
Ryan is a practicing Roman Catholic, but he's known primarily as a budget wonk.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Mr Coleman was a successful mayor, a skilled administrator and a thoughtful wonk.
From the economist.com
That network did well to anoint O'Donnell last year as its new wonk-in-residence.
From the variety.com
In the best sense of the word, at times, she seems like an absolute weather wonk.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He prides himself on being an intellectual, by which he means being a policy wonk.
From the edition.cnn.com
It was a very big deal, and shows that Swearengin is more than a policy wonk.
From the fresnobee.com
Unless you're an economics wonk, finance books can be excruciatingly boring.
From the sacbee.com
Hynes is a budget wonk and pragmatist more in the mold of former GOP Gov. Jim Edgar.
From the dailyherald.com
- Swot: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- Wonk is a character from The Adventures of Wonk by Muriel Levy with illustrations by Kiddell-Monroe. Published by Ladybird Books in the 1940s, these children's classics are now extremely rare. ...
- An overly studious person, particularly student; a nerd; A policy wonk or other intellectual expert
- (wonks) Sephoism, interesting BQ typo for "works," as in "hope this wonks!"
- Any person or bike that does not function properly.
- Technical expert, usually lacking in social skills; also known as techie, boffin, artificer, troubleshooter, nerd, dweeb, geek. Probably originated as palindrome of "know"; but may be derived from Chinese 'yellow dog' (cur) for an informant. ...
- A technocrat; a person who understands small details as an authority.
- First appeared in the 1950s to refer to an overly studious person. In the 1990s, the word entered tpopular lexicon to cover anyone who relished facts, computer spread sheets and statistics. Bill Gates and Al Gore have been called wonks. So has Barack Obama.
- Bizarre, unrealistic, off the wall plot or items that are often a result of crossing over various games, or a lot of using obscure things in conjunction.
