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- noun A
bookish or socially unskilled person.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Only problem is, the guy who played Poindexter is holding out!
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And, of course, John Poindexter is in charge of the Department of Defense's Total Information Awareness program.
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Poindexter is the perfect Orwellian figure for the perfect Orwellian project.
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Poindexter is now realizing his 20-year dream: getting the “data-mining” power to snoop on every public and private act of every American.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Safire on Poindexter’s Panopticon
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I called Poindexter on the secure phone and asked him to pass this information on to the president.
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I called Poindexter and asked him to get word to the president.
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I called Poindexter on the secure phone and asked him to pass this information on to the president.
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I called Poindexter and asked him to get word to the president.
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DARPA’s new Information Awareness Office under John Poindexter is developing a range of tools for national security.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Pattern recognition and social networks
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That Poindexter was a genius; our Poindexter is a criminal deviate he is a convicted criminal.
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