paper-pushern.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪpəˌpʊʃə/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪpərˌpʊʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paper n., pusher n.

Etymology: < paper n. + pusher n. With sense 1 compare slightly earlier paperhanger n. 2, paperhanging n. 2. With sense 2 compare earlier pencil pusher n. at pencil n. Compounds 2, pen-pusher n.

1. U.S. slang. A person who makes or passes off counterfeit money, forged cheques, etc. Cf. paperhanger n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > counterfeiting > [noun] > person who

falser1340

false-bullera1400

money-makerc1450

multipliera1500

counterfeiter1534

false-coiner1574

coiner1578

counterfeit1606

ben-feaker1612

venter1629

voucher1673

falsifiera1682

utterer1731

figure-dancer1796

boodler1872

paper-pusher1928

1928 J. Tully in Amer. Mercury Apr. 427/2 The best paper pusher in the West. His racket had been to steal post-office money-order blanks and stamps, and then make his own money-orders.

1941 D. W. Maurer in Amer. Speech 16 248/2 Paperhanger, a professional who passes forged checks. Also kid-glove worker, passer, paper-pusher, pusher, shover, the last three terms being reserved for men who pass counterfeit money.

1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 669 The colleague who works off counterfeit money is a paper-pusher.

1982 R. De Sola Crime Dict. (at cited word) Paper pusher, person passing counterfeit money.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.). A person whose job involves a great deal of paperwork; esp. (a) an office worker who has routine, unimportant administrative duties (cf. pen-pusher n.); (b) (frequently derogatory) a bureaucrat; an advocate of red tape.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > bureaucrat or bureaucratist

bureaucrat1832

paper-chaser1884

paper-pusher1942

rond de cuir1963

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > clerical

clerk1512

underwriter1654

conicopoly1680

karkun1803

babu1823

pen-pusher1875

pencil pusher1881

mabalane1925

paper-pusher1942

1942 Infantry Jrnl. (U.S.) Oct. 25 In twenty minutes McCollum had..determined to his own satisfaction that Bert would never be any good as a lawyer or in fact as any kind of a paper-pusher.

1945 Jrnl. Polit. 7 308 Employees must feel that they share in the decisions of the agency, instead of serving merely as ‘paper pushers’.

1960 Encounter May 14 The ‘white-collar workers’ have out-numbered the ‘blue-collar workers’; there are now more paper-pushers than tool-pushers.

1980 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 May 12/4 Slurs like ‘paper pusher’ for bureaucrat, or ‘thumbsucker’ for columnist.

1992 New Republic 13 Apr. 20/1 Xenophobic paper pushers are just a small part of the problem. Every immigrant has his own tales of lost forms, ill-trained inspectors, usurious fees, arbitrarily enforced rules, and notoriously sluggish bureaucracy.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paper-pusher
释义	paper-pushern. Brit. /ˈpeɪpəˌpʊʃə/, U.S. /ˈpeɪpərˌpʊʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paper n., pusher n. Etymology: < paper n. + pusher n. With sense 1 compare slightly earlier paperhanger n. 2, paperhanging n. 2. With sense 2 compare earlier pencil pusher n. at pencil n. Compounds 2, pen-pusher n. 1. U.S. slang. A person who makes or passes off counterfeit money, forged cheques, etc. Cf. paperhanger n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > counterfeiting > [noun] > person who falser1340 false-bullera1400 money-makerc1450 multipliera1500 counterfeiter1534 false-coiner1574 coiner1578 counterfeit1606 ben-feaker1612 venter1629 voucher1673 falsifiera1682 utterer1731 figure-dancer1796 boodler1872 paper-pusher1928 1928 J. Tully in Amer. Mercury Apr. 427/2 The best paper pusher in the West. His racket had been to steal post-office money-order blanks and stamps, and then make his own money-orders. 1941 D. W. Maurer in Amer. Speech 16 248/2 Paperhanger, a professional who passes forged checks. Also kid-glove worker, passer, paper-pusher, pusher, shover, the last three terms being reserved for men who pass counterfeit money. 1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 669 The colleague who works off counterfeit money is a paper-pusher. 1982 R. De Sola Crime Dict. (at cited word) Paper pusher, person passing counterfeit money. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). A person whose job involves a great deal of paperwork; esp. (a) an office worker who has routine, unimportant administrative duties (cf. pen-pusher n.); (b) (frequently derogatory) a bureaucrat; an advocate of red tape. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > bureaucrat or bureaucratist bureaucrat1832 paper-chaser1884 paper-pusher1942 rond de cuir1963 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > clerical clerk1512 underwriter1654 conicopoly1680 karkun1803 babu1823 pen-pusher1875 pencil pusher1881 mabalane1925 paper-pusher1942 1942 Infantry Jrnl. (U.S.) Oct. 25 In twenty minutes McCollum had..determined to his own satisfaction that Bert would never be any good as a lawyer or in fact as any kind of a paper-pusher. 1945 Jrnl. Polit. 7 308 Employees must feel that they share in the decisions of the agency, instead of serving merely as ‘paper pushers’. 1960 Encounter May 14 The ‘white-collar workers’ have out-numbered the ‘blue-collar workers’; there are now more paper-pushers than tool-pushers. 1980 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 May 12/4 Slurs like ‘paper pusher’ for bureaucrat, or ‘thumbsucker’ for columnist. 1992 New Republic 13 Apr. 20/1 Xenophobic paper pushers are just a small part of the problem. Every immigrant has his own tales of lost forms, ill-trained inspectors, usurious fees, arbitrarily enforced rules, and notoriously sluggish bureaucracy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928
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