pigeonhole

[vredes]

hi, I came across these definitions for 'pigeonhole' and I'm not sure I understand them. Could you please help me of its use in sentences and explain it?

2 disapproving — used to say that someone or something is being unfairly thought of or described as belonging to a particular group, having only a particular skill, etc.

: a neat category which usually fails to reflect actual complexities

Thank you

[5jj]

Some who use this forum my well pigeonhole 5jj as an obsessive writer on grammar. This is too simplistic. He is also a well-known (to at least five members) writer of third-rate limericks and couplets, and a collector of unmemorable quotes from films.

[BobK]

Does this http://www.occupationalasthma.com/im...igeon_loft.jpg give you a clue about the derivation?

b