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Subject: Re: "Maven"
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Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 21:56:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 16 21:56:02 1984
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From:  Martin D. Katz 

Maybe the confusion is with the word "Yente". Yente is often used in a
slightly derogatory manner to mean a female busybody. Maven is sometimes
used to mean a know-it-all, and in that context it means almost the same
thing as Yente.