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    I have seen the word 'maven' used once or twice in relation to a spouse. Does that mean there's something wrong with him?

    Question #56535. Asked by shady shaker.

    MaggieG 5

    A maven can be a person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert.
    It derives from the Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mbīn, active participle of hbīn, to understand derived stem of bīn, to discern.
    It also means someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field an ace, adept, champion, sensation, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz.

    In other words, a right old smartypants.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=maven


    Apr 07 05, 5:29 PM
    mibmob

    Spouses are always experts aren't they ;)

    Apr 08 05, 12:04 PM

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