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wisebot
 n.— «John Burgess, a retired US foreign service officer who blogs about Saudi Arabia, is a “wisebot”—defined as a Web-savvy expert on some subject who is both wise and smart.» —“Clicks and politics: the impact of the partisan blog” by Joseph Rosenbloom Boston Globe (Massachusetts) Feb. 10, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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