wonk

/wɒŋk/ noun [C] informal disapproving

Definition

› someone who knows all the details about a particular subject, particularly one that other people might find boring: The Senator was considered to be a policy wonk.

(Definition of wonk noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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