Marvin Ammori

Net neutrality sounds wonky and technical but is actually quite simple. It would keep the Internet as it has always been - cable and phone companies would remain mere gateways to all sites, rather than gatekeepers determining where users can go and what innovators can offer them.

American Lawyer

Naomi Klein

The way in which people talk about climate is just so wonky and so abstract and such a boys' club that it makes a lot of women just roll their eyes or feel that they are somehow not qualified. I certainly had to fight that feeling in myself in order to write about it.

Canadian Journalist

Joy Behar

You can see a lot of politics on a lot of different channels. I'm not interested, really, in talking in some wonky conversation about politics, though. It's not my speed. I'm not interested in the ins and outs of health care.

American Comedian

Jo Brand

My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds, so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I love them all. Even the slightly wonky ones like Duchess potatoes that go up in a little spiral.

British Comedian

Ciaran Hinds

I've got a wonky nose. Is it classical, is it not? That's what's hard work, getting down into the nitty-gritty of who are the human beings behind the front of what they present?

Irish Actor

Sara Cox

I can't go to the gym and sit on those machines - I'm medically unable to run because I'm just that wonky all over. I'd love to be a runner but I'm no good.

English Entertainer

Richard Brake

Any filmmakers out there want a Welshman with sharp cheekbones and wonky teeth to play the love interest in their movie, give me a call.

Welsh Actor

Diana Silvers

I'm the fifth of six kids, and we're quite an eclectic family. People call us the 'Royal Tenenbaums,' because we're that kind of wonky.

American Actress

James Righton

I always liked music that was melodic, but that had something a bit more wonky and odd going on too.

English Musician

Julie Christie

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

British Actress

Use 'wonky' for tangible items like furniture or machinery when they're uneven or broken.

Physical Objects

'Wonky' should not be used to describe people who aren't standing straight.

Not about People

Apply 'wonky' to temporary situations where things don't work as expected.

Situational Use

Describe actions or ideas as 'wonky' when they're unusual or surprising.

Unexpected Behavior

'Wonky' can imply creativity or originality, despite being unconventional.

Creative Flair

It can express mild criticism without being overly harsh or serious.

Mild Disapproval

Use 'wonky' when you want to express distrust in information or equipment.

Lack of Confidence

For tech problems, 'wonky' indicates irregular performance or errors.

Technical Issues

'Wonky' warns the listener to be ready for fluctuating results or behavior.

Expect Inconsistency

 but that's like a whole long, wonky conversation. But I think it starts with people realizing that this is a turning point. And yes, we need a new kind of empathy. We need to this is what our country needs, and this is what you need if you don't want to -- Raise your hand if you want to spend the next four years

Can a divided America...

 America any good historian who's worth his salt will go with the earliest and best evidence not later evidence not wonky evidence not evidence that contradicts all our earliest and best sources you're going to go with your earliest and best evidence and that

Wonky

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