Maven (noun) (US Eng)
May-ven
An expert or connoisseur.
Early 20th century Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mēḇīn ‘person with understanding, teacher’
Example sentences
“She’s a maven on the subject.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)