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wonk
noun
a student who studies harder than contemporaries consider necessary; a political professional who is studious and therefore well informed US, 1962
Derogatory.- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 223, 1968
- Some musical wonk? — Erich Segal, Love Story, p. 26, 1970
- I almost never call anyone a nerd–I’m partial to the term “wonk”. — Washington Post (reprinted from The Nation), p. C5, 22 December 1985
- Wonk [...] carries the same elements of unattractive swottiness [as a nerd] but has the benefit of putting it to good use and being in the know. — David Rowan, A Glossary for the 90s, p. 62, 1998
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