Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, derogatory)Civil servants as a group, viewed as inept, officious, or excessively concerned with social justice.

Origin

Coined with reference to the lanyards that civil servants commonly wear to display their i

Coined with reference to the lanyards that civil servants commonly wear to display their identification badges.

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Forms

plural: lanyard classes
Singularlanyard class
Plurallanyard classes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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