_wonky_ = "shady"?

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The first time I heard "wonky," in the '80s, it meant wobbly or unstable or
> weird.

I first *read* _wonky_ when it was discussed here, a few years ago. Or
is policy-wonkery something different? IAC, I've never heard it
spoken.

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