Jedgar

English Etymology Deliberate running together of his first initial and middle name. Proper noun en slang humorous J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). en 1989 Marguerite Kelly The Mother's Almanac II 325 She asked to see her hero, Jedgar Hoover (or J. Edgar to the rest of us). en 2008 Rick Berger Ok, You Dummies, up Against the Wall! 91 According to Don, humor was synonymous with laziness. After, 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? en eponyms