POOTERISH


Meaning of POOTERISH in English

[ 'pu:tərɪʃ ]

■ adjective self-important and mundane or narrow-minded.

Origin

1960s: from the name of Charles Pooter , the central character of Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith.

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