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throttlebottom

throttlebottom noun: an incompetent holder of a public office.

Noun

throttlebottom (plural throttlebottoms)

  1. (derogatory) An incompetent holder of a public office.
    • [...] to puzzle through the plans for their current project, rehash a controversy on the airport board, growl about some throttlebottom at city hall [...]2005 June 1, Susan Edsall, Into the Blue: A Father's Flight and a Daughter's Return, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN

Forms of throttlebottom

pluralthrottlebottoms

Origin of throttlebottom

From the book Of Thee I Sing, by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, in which Mr. Alexander Throttlebottom runs for vice-president of the United States.

Questions about throttlebottom

What does throttlebottom mean?
Throttlebottom means an incompetent holder of a public office.
What part of speech is throttlebottom?
Throttlebottom is a noun.
What is the plural of throttlebottom?
The plural of throttlebottom is throttlebottoms.

Words near throttlebottom in the dictionary

  1. throttle jockey
  2. throttle jockeys
  3. throttle valve
  4. throttle valves
  5. throttleable
  6. throttlebottom
  7. throttlebottoms
  8. throttled
  9. throttled down
  10. throttlehold
  11. throttleholds

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