jobsworth
A person who upholds trivial rules unnecessarily and obstructively in order to…A person who upholds trivial rules unnecessarily and obstructively in order to exercise their (typically minor) authority.
» It's amazing how much power a fluorescent jacket gives to a jobsworth.
Вражає, як світловідбивна жилетка може перетворити людину на справжнього чинушу.
Значення
значень: 1(Британія, зневажливе, розмовне)A person who upholds trivial rules unnecessarily and obstructively in order to exercise their (typically minor) authority.
The usual council jobsworths came down to tell them to stop playing football.
Приклади
речень: 2It's amazing how much power a fluorescent jacket gives to a jobsworth.
Вражає, як світловідбивна жилетка може перетворити людину на справжнього чинушу. — deniko
Only a jobsworth would fine someone for pouring a bit of coffee down a drain.
Лише дріб’язковий бюрократ оштрафував би когось за те, що він вилив трохи кави в стічну решітку. — deniko
Походження
A compound of job + -s- + worth, derived from the phrase “It’s more than me job’s worth” oA compound of job + -s- + worth, derived from the phrase “It’s more than me job’s worth” or “... my job’s worth” as used in denial of a request by a functionary, chiefly popularized by Jeremy Taylor's 1973 song “Jobsworth” and the 1973–1994 BBC television series That’s Life! which focused on consumer affairs and gave a “Jobsworth of the Week” award to “a startling tale of going by the book”.
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множина: jobsworths| Однина | jobsworth |
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| Множина | jobsworths |
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