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etymology - Origin of poindexter pointdexter - English Language . . . 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 “Felix the Cat ” The TV series is based on the novels by Jeff Lindsay: One of the most interesting questions came from a librarian She asked whether Dexter's name came from
single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 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 inappropriate times or to the wrong audience
pronunciation - How are i. e. and e. g. pronounced? - English . . . How are i e and e g pronounced? When I was in college, one of my philosophy professors instructed us to use translated English for abbreviated or initialized latinisms when reading a text aloud I would agree that in most cases you should speak the translated English rather than speaking the letters of the initialization i e is used for clarification and should be spoken "that is" While
Is there a difference between assertion and assertation? At this point I still can't find a difference, or at least I don't see one I also don't understand why assertation is being flagged by my spell checker, because the Webster online dictionary shows assertation being used in all sorts of published articles documents Does anyone know if there is a reason I shouldn't use assertation, or if there is a difference between the two words? The only
Proportion vs. portion - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I already looked them up in dictionaries, but I can't understand the meanings completely They said: Proportion is a derived term of portion As nouns the difference between proportion and portio
What is an alternative to the phrase what you dont know wont hurt . . . 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 commented that he hadn't lied, but he may have been 'economical with the truth'