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"name": "Lemmes en anglais",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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},
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"etymology_texts": [
"Argot estudiantin en anglais américain en 1954 ; peut-être argot de la marine avant cela. Le sens d’« expert » fut popularisé par le gouvernement Clinton en 1993.",
"Origine incertaine, possiblement de wonky (« branlant, douteux ») ou de wank, wanker, ou simplement expressif."
],
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"form": "wonks",
"ipas": [
"\\wɒŋks\\"
],
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"plural"
]
}
],
"lang": "Anglais",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"pos_title": "Nom commun",
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Termes familiers en anglais",
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},
{
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}
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"glosses": [
"Intellectuel."
],
"id": "fr-wonk-en-noun-88DN902k",
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"familiar",
"pejorative"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "\\wɒŋk\\"
}
],
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{
"word": "egghead"
},
{
"word": "intellectual"
}
],
"word": "wonk"
}
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"categories": [
"Lemmes en anglais",
"Noms communs en anglais",
"anglais"
],
"etymology_texts": [
"Argot estudiantin en anglais américain en 1954 ; peut-être argot de la marine avant cela. Le sens d’« expert » fut popularisé par le gouvernement Clinton en 1993.",
"Origine incertaine, possiblement de wonky (« branlant, douteux ») ou de wank, wanker, ou simplement expressif."
],
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"\\wɒŋks\\"
],
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{
"categories": [
"Termes familiers en anglais",
"Termes péjoratifs en anglais"
],
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"Intellectuel."
],
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"familiar",
"pejorative"
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "\\wɒŋk\\"
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],
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{
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},
{
"word": "intellectual"
}
],
"word": "wonk"
}
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