Poindexter
A bookish or socially unskilled personA bookish or socially unskilled person.
Meaning
1 senses(US, colloquial)A bookish or socially unskilled person.
Origin
From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unFrom 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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plural: PoindextersSynonyms
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