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Poindexter^¹

/ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/ US
/ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstə/ UK

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

A surname from Jersey Norman.

noun Poindexters · poindexter

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!
Similar: geek, nerd, dork, flabbergast, flabagast, flabaghast, gink, Nigel, nosebleed

poindexter^²

noun poindexters

Alternative letter-case form of Poindexter

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@misc{poindexter_2026,
  title = {poindexter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poindexter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}