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Poindexter

(US, colloquial) A bookish or socially unskilled person.

ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚCurrent49 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(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!
Origin: From . The sense is from the character of the same name in the cartoon Felix the Cat. Its first use appears in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • China/USA? I’ll take China all day long Poindexter. ❤️🇨🇦💩🇺🇸

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • OH-07 Democratic Primary: The two frontrunners are Ed FitzGerald and Brian Poindexter, with 6 small Democrats on the ballot. FitzGerald was the Democratic nominee for Ohio Governor in 2014.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Lol, not wrong! There's always one Poindexter 😉

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • I still can’t figure out how Antonin Scalia died on a Texas ranch owned by John Poindexter.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • The other candidate, Brian Poindexter, is an ironworker and union official. He has by far the strongest institutional support in this field, and has been endorsed by politicians like Bernie Sanders and a large backing from blue-collar unions. (...)

    Bluesky· May 2026
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