wonkfest

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noun

A self-congratulatory meeting of wonks (overly studious individuals).

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Meanings

nounwonkfest (plural wonkfests)

plural wonkfests

  1. informalA self-congratulatory meeting of wonks (overly studious individuals).

    Later that day he jetted off to New York on Concorde […] to participate in a multilateral wonkfest […]

    2004, Francis Wheen, How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered The World

Origin

From wonk + -fest.

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Cite this entry
APA

wonkfest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonkfest

MLA

“wonkfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonkfest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wonkfest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wonkfest.

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