walking encyclopedia

A very knowledgeable person, as in Ask Rob-he's a walking encyclopedia of military history. A similar expression, a walking dictionary, was used by George Chapman in his poem "Tears of Peace" (c. 1600).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mareike	mah-RIE-kə (German)	Frisian, German
Franck	FRAWNK	French
Minta	MIN-tə	English (Rare)
Carmen	KAHR-men (Spanish), KAHR-mən (English)	Spanish, English, Italian, Romanian
Brett	[brɛt]
Tillie	['tili]