Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope is a fictional character from the television comedy *Parks and Recreation*, played by Amy Poehler.
A relentlessly optimistic government employee in small-town Indiana, she became an icon of earnest civic enthusiasm and feminist ambition.
The name now evokes cheerful overachievement and binder-organized devotion to public service: She went full Leslie Knope on the community garden project.
- ParksEnglish-origin surname
- PawneePlains-dwelling indigenous nation
- governmentAuthority over a state
- wafflesBatter cooked in grid
- binderDevice securing loose pages
overachiever · optimist · morning person · feminist · ambitious · passionate · enthusiastic · determined · Amy Poehler · city council · bureaucrat · recall election · Indiana · small town · city hall · rallies · scrapbook · friendship