wonk

wonk  (wngk)

n. Slang

1. A student who studies excessively; a grind.

2. One who studies an issue or a topic thoroughly or excessively: "leading a talkathon of policy wonks in a methodical effort to build consensus for his programs" (Michael Kranish).

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wonk [wɒŋk]

n

Informal a person who is obsessively interested in a specified subject a foreign policy wonk

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wonk - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious dweeb, grind, nerd, swot assimilator, learner, scholar - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Translations

wonk

n (US inf) → Streber(in) m(f) (inf); she’s a policy wonk → sie kennt die (Politik)richtlinien bis zum letzten Komma