pencil pusher

See also: pencil-pusher

English

Alternative forms

pencil-pusher

Noun

pencil pusher (plural pencil pushers)

(informal, often derogatory) One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.

Synonyms

bureaucrat, desk jockey, pen-pusher

Translations

one who does office work

Catalan: pixatinters m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 管帳員, 管帐员 (guǎnzhàngyuán)
Czech: kancelářská krysa (cs) f (office rat)
Danish: ni-til-femmer c
Estonian: paberimäärija
Finnish: kynänpyörittäjä, konttorirotta

German: Bleistiftstämmer (weightlifter with pencils), Sesselfurzer (de) (chair farter)
Norwegian: kontorrotte m or f (office rat)
Polish: gryzipiórek m (pen chomper)
Romanian: conțopist (ro) m, scriptolog (ro) m
Russian: канцеля́рская кры́са (ru) f (kanceljárskaja krýsa) (office rat), черни́льная душа́ f (černílʹnaja dušá) (ink soul)
Slovak: kancelárska krysa f (office rat)
Spanish: chupatintas (es) m

See also

desk job

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