Poindexter

See also: poindexter

English

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 cartoon Felix the Cat.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Poindexter

  1. A surname from Jersey Norman.

Noun

Poindexter (plural Poindexters)

  1. (informal) A bookish or socially unskilled person.
    Synonyms: geek, nerd
    • 2003 April 6, David X. Cohen, “The Why of Fry”, in Futurama, season 5, episode 8, Fox Broadcasting Company:
      Brain: A quantum-interface bomb? Are you insane in the membrane? / Philip Fry: You got it, Poindexter!

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