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poindexter

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/
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/ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/ · /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstə/

Definition of poindexter

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Jersey Norman.
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name

  1. A surname from Jersey Norman.

noun

  1. (US, colloquial)A bookish or socially unskilled person.
    “Brain: A quantum-interface bomb? Are you insane in the membrane? / Philip Fry: You got it, Poindexter!”
    “On first listen, Americans of a certain vintage would call one a Poindexter, while older Brits would regard the other as a swot.”
  2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Poindexter.

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Etymology

From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unskilled person” is from the character of the same name in the 1959 animated television series Felix the Cat, which is a revival of the original Felix the Cat animated films from 1919 to 1936. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang.

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