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A surname from Jersey Norman. examples
plural Poindexters
(US, informal) A bookish or socially unskilled person. quotations examples
Brain: A quantum-interface bomb? Are you insane in the membrane? / Philip Fry: You got it, Poindexter!
2003 April 6, David X. Cohen, “The Why of Fry”, in Futurama, season 5, episode 8, Fox Broadcasting Company
On first listen, Americans of a certain vintage would call one a Poindexter, while older Brits would regard the other as a swot.
2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times