penpusher
/ˈpɛnˌpʊʃər/
noun
- A person whose job involves a lot of writing or paperwork, often used to suggest the work is boring or unimportant.
- The novel's hero escapes his life as a penpusher to become an adventurer.
- He called himself a penpusher, spending all day filling out forms in a tiny office.
- My grandfather was a penpusher for the government, processing tax returns for forty years.
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