poindexter

/ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/

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 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.

poindexter means A surname from Jersey Norman. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

poindexter is pronounced /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/.

name

A surname from Jersey Norman.

noun

A bookish or socially unskilled person.“Brain: A quantum-interface bomb? Are you insane in the membrane? / Philip Fry: You got it, Poindexter!”