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pencil geek

pencil geek noun: a bureaucrat; a pencil pusher.

Noun

pencil geek (plural pencil geeks)

  1. (slang) A bureaucrat; a pencil pusher.
    • “No. He's just a pencil geek, a business tycoon caught up in his companies, oblivious to what his wife is into.”2020, R. Carson, The Adventures of Richey Sword, Private Investigator
    • I was put in touch through a pencil geek from FBIHQ with a deputy United States marshal (DUSM) who was also assigned the fugitive case.2023, Jason Randazzo, The Day After: The Life and Times of a New York FBI Agent

Forms of pencil geek

pluralpencil geeks

Questions about pencil geek

What does pencil geek mean?
Pencil geek means a bureaucrat; a pencil pusher.
What part of speech is pencil geek?
Pencil geek is a noun.
What is the plural of pencil geek?
The plural of pencil geek is pencil geeks.

Words near pencil geek in the dictionary

  1. pencil fever
  2. pencil fish
  3. pencil fishes
  4. pencil flower
  5. pencil flowers
  6. pencil geek
  7. pencil geeks
  8. pencil heel
  9. pencil heels
  10. pencil holder
  11. pencil holders

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