wonk

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (derogatory, informal) An overly studious person, particularly a student.
2. (broadly, informal) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.

Verb

To cram for exams.

Etimologia (Anglès)

American English student slang 1954; perhaps navy slang before that. "Expert" sense popularized in the Clinton administration, 1993. Origin uncertain, possibly from wonky (“shaky, unreliable”) or wank, wanker or simply expressive.

Sinònims

dweeb

grind

nerd

swot

bookworm