pencil geek

English

Noun

pencil geek (plural pencil geeks)

1. (slang) A bureaucrat; a pencil pusher.
   • 2020, R. Carson, The Adventures of Richey Sword, Private Investigator:

     “No. He's just a pencil geek, a business tycoon caught up in his companies, oblivious to what his wife is into.”

   • 2023, Jason Randazzo, The Day After: The Life and Times of a New York FBI Agent:

     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.