pocket protector
Shirt-saving insert
A pocket protector is a plastic or vinyl sheath inserted into a shirt pocket to prevent pens and pencils from leaking ink or poking through the fabric.
Once a practical accessory for engineers and office workers, it became a stereotypical marker of nerdiness in American culture.
He wore a pocket protector stuffed with mechanical pencils.
The term now often appears in joking references to socially awkward or obsessively technical people.
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- geekObsessive enthusiast
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- penInk-filled writing tool
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