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whiz kid

–noun Informal.
a youthful and exceptionally intelligent, successful, or influential person in a given field: the whiz kid of network programming.

Origin:
1940–45

whiz-kid

[hwiz-kid, wiz-]
–adjective
of, pertaining to, or being a whiz kid: a whiz-kid sales manager.

Origin:
1940–45
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whiz kid  
n.   Informal
A young person who is exceptionally intelligent, innovatively clever, or precociously successful.

[Alteration of Quiz Kid, a panelist on an early game show.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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whiz kid

  1. n.
    a young whiz. : The boss's new whiz kid doesn't seem to be doing the job very well.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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