Talk:Paragraphenreiter

@Jberkel: pencil pusher? PUC – 10:14, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, probably not. I mistook Reiter for a cognate of writer. PUC – 10:19, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

@PUC: Actually yes. reiten is here like in ride the ... train. Fay Freak (talk) 10:32, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

@PUC: Such compounds also generally have a corresponding compound in Reiterei, or derivation in -ei. I have difficulties to think of other examples. Prinzipienreiterei is frequent, and remarkable is the Zitatenreiterei I have just found. Fay Freak (talk) 10:40, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

@PUC: I think pencil pusher doesn't quite match. A Paragraphenreiter isn't necessarily someone doing routine office work, it's someone who obsessively follows or enforces legal guidelines. – Jberkel 10:53, 18 August 2020 (UTC)