Jedgar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deliberate running together of his first initial and middle name.

Proper noun[edit]

Jedgar

  1. (slang, humorous) J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
    • 1989, Marguerite Kelly, The Mother's Almanac II, page 325:
      She asked to see her hero, Jedgar Hoover (or J. Edgar to the rest of us).
    • 2008, Rick Berger, Ok, You Dummies, up Against the Wall!, page 91:
      According to Don, humor was synonymous with laziness. After,[sic] all, how can you have fun and still get the job done? And, even more importantly, what if the almighty Jedgar Hoover were to show up and find us laughing as we produced photos of some guy robbing a bank?
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