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