BUREAUCRACY, BUREAUCRAT, BUREAUCRATIC
ADJECTIVES
► BUMBLE-LIKE petty, officious, and pompous in enforcing bureaucratic regulations → 1845 depreciative usage
► TAPE-TIED bureaucratic; bound by ‘red-tape’, restricted by officialism → 1900
NOUNS
► BUMBLEDOM petty local bureaucracy; officious and pompous behaviour by minor officials → 1847 depreciative usage
► BUMF written or printed material that is seen as useless, tedious, or unnecessary, such as bureaucratic paperwork, advertising, etc. → 1917 orig. military sl.
► FLAN red tape → 20C Royal Navy usage
► PAPERASSERIE excessive bureaucratic procedure or paperwork; bureaucracy; red tape → 1856
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANKLE-BITER a petty, narrow-minded bureaucrat → 1990 US sl.
► PAPER-PUSHER a bureaucrat; in the military: anyone with a desk job and not in combat → 1980 US sl.
► SHINE a government bureaucrat → 1987 US sl.
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