policy wonk
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policy wonk (plural policy wonks)
- (politics, government) A person who studies or develops strategies and policies, especially one who has a keen interest in and aptitude for technical details.
- 1992, Walter Shapiro, "Gore A Hard-Won Sense of Ease," Time, 20 Jul,
- Clinton and Gore . . . . both are new-ideas moderates with a policy wonk's love of the intricacies of complex issues.
- 2010, The Economist, Jul-Aug 2010, p. 25:
- But access to ministers is not the only reason right-of-centre policy wonks are excited.
- 1992, Walter Shapiro, "Gore A Hard-Won Sense of Ease," Time, 20 Jul,
