wonk, noun, (wŏngk / wäŋk / woŋk)
Definition: 1) an expert in a specialized and narrow field; 2) an excessively assiduous and thorough student of a subject or issue; 3) a person obsessively preoccupied with the arcane details of a field.
Wonk is an anagram of "know."
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