SAFIRE: Well, language maven, and maven, of course, is a Yiddish word for connoisseur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2008] Reference
The word maven Luntz is a sharp character, but he's more interested in "message development" than in searching for truth. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
Thank goodness I have my very own style maven aka my sister. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Victim | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Anonymous said ... maven, that is a good point about children and families vs. institutions. From Wordnik.com. [Get in on Life...] Reference
Plus, word maven Patricia T. O'Connor takes your calls on pronunciation and other grammatical matters. From Wordnik.com. [WNYC New York Public Radio] Reference
Safire consulted a sports-slang maven, Paul Dickson, who followed that thread back to a 1930 story in the. From Wordnik.com. [Fritinancy] Reference
Rachael Ray, the ever-perky talk show host/” 30-Minute Meal” maven, is upset over rumors about her marriage being on the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Rachael Ray Gets Another Food Network Show] Reference
Pictured: What happens when you search for "maven" on Google Images. From Wordnik.com. [Cracked: All Posts] Reference
"word maven" Patricia T. O'Conner to come on and talk about new and old figures of speech. From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
Well, I won't deny being quite the polemicist but, "maven" or not, I'm not such an expert on these topics. From Wordnik.com. [LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®] Reference
HENRY: The hurricane maven kept getting interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2005] Reference
And I think I ` m going to go to my fact maven, Ellie. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2006] Reference
The story of the homemaking maven will air twice today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2004] Reference
BOLDUAN: I definitely don't call myself a fashion maven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2009] Reference
Let's get right to CNN's political maven Paul Steinhauser. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2008] Reference
I had a duty, not just as a business owner and music maven. From Wordnik.com. [Closing Shop—And A Life] Reference
We have the inside story of the homemaking maven on "People In The News.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2004] Reference
Special guest appearance by Graham Flanagan, AMERICAN MORNING's movie maven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2007] Reference
Discovery Communications, formed in 2008, is majority-controlled by cable maven. From Wordnik.com. [Discovery Turns In 40% Decline in Profit] Reference
Today, let's fire up the BPP jukebox and hear the British pop maven perform Skeleton Song. From Wordnik.com. [Haunting Brit Kate Nash Rocks 'BPP' Jukebox] Reference
Here, food maven Sheila Lukins of The Silver Palate cookbooks rates summer's oddest bounty. From Wordnik.com. ['This Has Been Surreal'] Reference
Blockbuster maven Jerry Bruckheimer ( "Pearl Harbor") is producing no fewer than four shows. From Wordnik.com. [Small Screen Drama Kings] Reference
One of the earliest was language maven Rudolf Flesch, the author of "Why Johnny Can't Read.". From Wordnik.com. [The Cat (and Hat) That Came to Stay] Reference
I co-host it every week with tech guru Sperling Reich and social media maven Karen Woodward. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Digital or Bust! The Future of Reading] Reference
Fasten your seat belts: the ego with the combover takes on the style maven with the prison record. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2005] Reference
His message maven, Karen Hughes, had not gone with her boss to Florida and had to be dialed in by speakerphone. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: Bushspeak] Reference
Plenty of people, says market maven Jim Cramer, who will host a new show on CNBC, "Mad Money," starting this week. From Wordnik.com. [TV THE 'MAD' MONEY MAN] Reference
One young public relations maven in Los Angeles responded to her termination conversation by refusing to be fired. From Wordnik.com. [Fired? Not So Fast: How To Negotiate Your Job Back] Reference
Vampire maven Anne Rice wrote erotica as A.N. Roquelaure in the '80s to avoid confusing readers and scandalizing her father. From Wordnik.com. [Is the pen name mightier than the sword, or just a modern writer's flimsy foil?] Reference
But as New York real estate maven Jonathan Miller notes, the Manhattan market is holding up just fine, especially the higher end. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinal Tap Economy] Reference
In addition to hiring a packaged-goods maven, the White House unveiled a second marketing move: a mid-December economics conference. From Wordnik.com. [NEW MARKETERS FOR MUSHY MATH] Reference
Rooted in the fashion world, recessionista describes a style maven who stays ahead of the trends without falling too deeply into debt. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Recessionista] Reference
Another Martha maven declared: "Your article was complete with guilt by association, innuendo and possibly a little envy and jealousy!". From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Variations on "kibitz" show up in 10 cases, "maven" in four, "klutz" in three and "schlemiel" in five (two of which refer to Woody Allen). From Wordnik.com. [Shnook & Shnook] Reference
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