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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
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'
Why is a very rare steak called blue? What's blue in the picture above? It's called “blue” because it has a blueish color Beef meat has a blueish (or purplish, depending on your color perception) color, changing to red with exposure to air as oxygenated myoglobin becomes the dominant factor in the color and to brown with heat The initial “blue” isn't a very strong blue, it's more blue as in not the bright red that the