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etymology - Origin of "poindexter/pointdexter" - English …
poindexter “nerdy intellectual,” by 1986, U.S. teenager slang, from the character Poindexter, introduced 1959 in the made-for-TV cartoon version of “Felix the Cat.” The TV series is based on the novels by Jeff Lindsay: One of the most interesting questions came from a librarian.
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Jul 14, 2015 · Maybe you meant to write "who professes to know MORE than they actually do." In a Socratic dialog, Socrates is the one who professes to know less than he really does (hence, he's in an ironic mode, or simply the eiron), whereas his interlocutor, the alazon, is a braggart of sorts who professes/pretends to know more than he actually does.