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"Maven" comes to us from the Hebrew, by way of Yiddish. In Hebrew, "mavin" means "he knows". So a "maven" is someone in the know, a real expert, or maybe sometimes just a self-styled expert.
"You need to decide on a new computer? Talk to my cousin, he just graduated from CalTech, he's a real maven."
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"Okay, so you read one magazine article, what does that make you, a maven?"
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"Okay, so you read one magazine article, what does that make you, a maven?"
by Sharon Ann September 10, 2005
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A Yiddish word that can be traced back to the 1960's. Suddenly became popular with pretentious female 'new media' types who were not confident enough to call themselves an expert.
by Uber Shell September 23, 2015
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Maven is the most funny guy you will ever meet. He is always looking to hug people that comes his way. He loves to spark joy in other people. If you ever meet a Maven you will most likely fall for him. He is always looking for adventure outside. He is also adorable! He will make your world turn upside down
by mavenisthebestboy May 25, 2019
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a dork amongst dorks; an uber dork; or, used when a dork is about to go in a diatribe about his or her passion. Refernce: the Simpsons.
by Water of Wonder June 12, 2004
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Someone who has just been 'maved' and is dripping from the 'pap' The after effects of being maved.
Also see sobering up.
Also see sobering up.
john - god he is maven
tracy- paps drippin out his ass
john- wait till he's sober he will regret it
tracy- shall we help him?
john- no he might mave us too
tracy- paps drippin out his ass
john- wait till he's sober he will regret it
tracy- shall we help him?
john- no he might mave us too
by [maved] February 04, 2004