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The word was used - strictly as a verb - at Harvard in the 1950s, to mean "hunker down for some serious studying," as in "I can't go out tonight. I have to wonk for my chem exam." The folk etymology was that it was KNOW spelled backwards, though how that led to the new meaning was cloudy at best. Though I never encountered it as a noun, I suppose people who did it could have been called wonkers.
I have to wonk for an exam.
Wonk by AlumAnon December 31, 2016
Time to wonk (my penis)
Wonk by Im a boy August 10, 2017
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Man, you got the bare wonk.
wonk by charliethebigboynig November 4, 2018
Man you have the bare wonk.
wonk by charliethebigboynig November 4, 2018
A name we call a boy In our 5th hour AP Government class that is obsessed with gun control and politics. The boy can also be called McWonk
Look its that wonk again
Wonk by Eyebrowless gurl November 8, 2018
A name we call a person 5th hour AP Government class who is obsessed with politics and gun control.
Hey look here comes the wonk of the class again
Wonk by Eyebrowless gurl November 8, 2018
Wonk is used when someone is very much obsessed with something. To use the term you must put the object/person/activity etc in front of wonk.
Oh my god, he is such a dick wonk!
She loves those youtuber twins so she's a dolan wonk!
She loves netflix so she's a netflix wonk!
Wonk by hollymollie1515 January 5, 2019