OFFICE
NOUNS
1673 ► CANTORE office, banking house → obs.
20C.. ► CABOOSH an office; a small cabin or compartment → Royal Navy sl.
1939 ► ARSE-POLISHING an office job → Royal Air Force
1970 ► PAPER-PUSHING working in an office or as a clerk → sl.
1984 ► ORIFICE an office → UK sl.
1997 ► CUBE FARM an office divided into cubicles
NOUNS, PERSON
1540 ► JACK OUT OF SERVICE a person who has been dismissed from his office → obs.
1592 ► JACK OUT OF OFFICE a person who has been dismissed from his office → obs.
1911 ► PEN-PUSHER someone engaged in writing or desk work; an office worker → sl., usually derogatory
1926 ► CACKLER an office worker, a clerk → US sl.
1928 ► GIRL FRIDAY a female secretary or personal assistant;. one who performs general tasks in an office
1953 ► SADIE THE OFFICE SECRETARY a personification of the stereotypical female office worker → US sl.
1958 ► BLACK-COATED WORKER an office worker, as opposed to a manual worker → Eng. sl. (Bk.)
1974 ► APPARATCHIK an office worker in a support role → US sl.
1981 ► ALDERMAN an office worker who informs on his fellow workers → US circus and carnival usage
1990 ► BLOBOCRACY members of middle management or office workers, esp. those considered unimaginative and undynamic → UK sl.
VERBS
20C.. ► PUSH PAPER to do boring or unimportant work in an office → sl.
1911 ► PUSH A PEN to do office work → US sl.
1916 ► DRIVE A QUILL to work in an office → Aust. colloq.
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