wonk
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Facts are great when you’re a lawyer in court or when you’re a wonk writing policy briefs and refining legislative language.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2025
They also flesh out a portrait of Mr. Obama as a steady-as-she-goes, hyper-disciplined but not especially warm, policy wonk who scrolled the Brookings Institution website for ideas and had to overcome his own political mistakes.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Like an adorable boy band, the three pals each had a persona: Ryan, the policy wonk; Cantor, the blossoming leader; and McCarthy, the political animal.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023
“What I tried to do is soften the edges. We use the term wonk, making things wonky, perfectly imperfect, bubbly.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023
If I said that, they’d think I was some kind of weather wonk.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
