10.01.08
Wonky Gaffes
Wonky won.ky
shaky, tottery, feeble
Gaffe
A foreign noun [French] which means “blunder” or faux pas
I heard someone say today that they were a “wonk” when participating in a debate, at least that is what I thought she said. I had heard the word and knew it didn’t have what you would call a positive connotation. When I looked it up, the noun “wonk” wasn’t in the dictionary, but the adjective, wonky, was there. My dictionary is old, so “wonk” might be in the most current one. In an interview or a political debate, you don’t want to be wonky, that’s for sure. We’ll see after Thursday night if anyone comes across as “wonky” in the Vice Presidential debate. I just hope that if there are any references to American history, that there are no gaffes. You’d think that our elected officials wouldn’t be that bad at American history considering what is said about needing to know history if you don’t want to repeat its mistakes. Some others in Congress have very short memories too and can’t even recall recent history. Or maybe they would prefer just to forget their history and hope that nobody else remembers it either.
