<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>"excessive interest in minor details" .. ah, a pedant, to be sure.</div><div><br></div><div>But yes, that's pejorative to an extent. It would certainly help if more geeks (there, another pejorative word) take a broader interest in policy .. as it would if more policy wonks actually knew some of the fundamentals of routing, peering, IP allocation etc before they started commenting on internet governance.<br><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 31-Oct-2012, at 7:17, Norbert Klein <<a href="mailto:nhklein@gmx.net">nhklein@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/30/2012 10:48 PM, [somebody]
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<pre wrap="">wonk code</pre>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Have mercy with us who are
still not native speakers of the language of the
Angels=Anglish-English:<br>
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= =<br>
</font><strong>wonk</strong><br>
<span class="small1">Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford
University Press:</span><br>
<span class="clickable enmon" onclick="redirectWR(event,
"OXdefinition")"><span class="hwg"><span class="hw" id="wonk119">wonk</span><span class="ph">/wɒŋk/</span> </span><br>
<div class="sense"><span class="senseGP"><span class="psg">▶<span class="ps">noun</span> </span><span class="la"><span class="ge" title="Geography">N. Amer.</span> <span class="reg" title="Register">informal</span>, <span class="reg" title="Register">derogatory</span> </span>
<ul>
<li><span class="supr2">1</span> a studious or hard-working
person.
<p class="subSN">■ (often <span title="Variant Form" style="font-weight:bold;">policy wonk</span>) a person
who takes an excessive interest in minor details of
political policy.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span class="supr2">2</span> <span class="la"><span class="reg" title="Register">nautical slang</span> </span>an
incompetent or inexperienced sailor, especially a naval
cadet.</li>
</ul>
</span> </div>
<div class="subEntry"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">–
derivatives</span> <br>
<b>wonkish </b><span class="psg"><span class="ps">adjective</span></span>.
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<div title="Etymology" class="etymentry"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">– origin</span> <span class="dg" title="Origin">1920s</span>: of unknown origin.<br>
= =<br>
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Do I now understand this sentence:<br>
<br>
"I suspect this is policy wonk code for national-level
control/administration of RPKI/BGPSEC."<br>
<br>
Somewhat. - Not really.<br>
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<br>
Norbert Klein<br>
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