whiz kid

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whiz kid

noun whiz kids · whizkid · whiz-kid · whizz kid · whizzkid

A brilliant or accomplished young person. “You were always good at literature. No wonder you were the whiz kid copywriter.”
Similar: child prodigy

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@misc{whiz_kid_2026,
  title = {whiz kid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whiz%20kid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}