It's been around a lot longer than the TV series Dexter. poindexter “nerdy intellectual,” by 1986, U.S. teenager slang, from the character Poindexter, introduced 1959 in the made-for-TV cartoon version of …

Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so. As of designates the point in time from which something occurs. So as of some …

The word pussy is often used to mean "coward". This guy is a pussy. and I am wondering why. How are woman's genitals related to being a "coward"?

Jun 13, 2014 · I'm looking for a single word noun that would perfectly summarize the stereotypical nerdy uptight virgin student council president. Basically, a more proper version of the slang word "square": a ...

Around the time of the Poindexter comment, Sir Robert Armstrong, the then British cabinet secretary, under Margaret Thatcher,caused a similar furore. At the time of the 'Spycatcher' affair, he infamously …

Jun 13, 2015 · We do have insults like bookworm or poindexter (pretty slangy) which refer to people who study "excessively," but that's not as precise as academic overlord, which maybe we should just …

Jan 28, 2018 · I think a poindexter is someone who is overly academic or pedantic, but doesn't necessarily repeat themselves a lot. A poindexter could actually say a lot of interesting stuff but at …

I'm interested in the answer, myself, but the only thing that popped into my excuse for a brain was "poindexter", but that's somewhat pejorative, and still doesn't convey a tendency to correct others.

Jul 14, 2015 · This american is familiar with wisenheimer, though I think it's dated, like poindexter.