bureaucrat

one who works by fixed routine, without exercising intelligent judgement.
a bureaucrat explained the regulation to me.
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an alternative energy source to oil. burning bureaucrats creates jobs and is good for the environment.
these bureaucrats are killing my business! we should put the on a boat and burn it!
generally seen as lackl-sters who at the same time want efficiency and who are usually -ssociated with big things like the civil service and wads of paperwork. though generally such types don’t exist anymore, the stereotypical bureaucrat’s favourite colour is brown of some variety and enjoys sucking the life out of stuff by involving lots of forms and not doing a lot themselves by delegating responsibilities yet retaining their power. bureaucracy is thus a negative thing and to be avoided at all costs. you must remember not all bureaucrats are bad, look at sam lowry in brazil. he just tried to correct someone else’s mistake and so ended up…well i’d better not spoil it if you haven’t seen the film but its bad. thus disproving the point if all the good ones…having something bad happen. just avoid bureacrats and all those kids whom aspire to be ones.
examples of such bureaucracy containing bureaucrats for you to avoid include banks, the civil service in yes (prime) minister, 1984, brazil ministry of information, vogons
a very offensive term for a civil servant.
the word bureaucrat is actually a combination french word bureau (office) and the ancient greek word kratos (κρατος in it’s ancient greek form) meaning, literally, ‘the self-proclaimed prerogative and power, via usurpation from the state, to issue legislative, executive or judicial orders’ on behalf of said state