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  • noun Plural form of penpusher.

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Examples

  • Here was I thinking they were like safer neighbourhood penpushers we have,, who trolly along to old dears and have tea and cake … .. um, where do I sign up? on May 9, 2009 at 5: 36 pm Metcountymounty

    You Couldn’t Make It Up « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Yet Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, last week outlined plans for a major upheaval of the service in England that are clearly motivated by both intense unhappiness with the NHS in its current form and a belief that it needs emancipation from the dead hand of tickbox-obsessed penpushers.

    NHS reforms: Is Andrew Lansley's brutal surgery really needed? 2010

  • “Quango penpushers rule through 'twilight zone' government”

    Tuesday morning and UK rorting is still news in Australia Thatsnews 2009

  • No mention of those already taken on by himself, or plans to raise legions more time serving penpushers staffing ministries of paperclips.

    New Labour Lies - Bloated State Waste (post 2) Gordon can not add up. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • The decision by Whitehall penpushers was blasted last night amid fury over the army of spongers who lie they are disabled to get millions in handouts.

    Archive 2008-05-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • Well no, they are going to set up a new bunch of penpushers.

    Archive 2008-01-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • Drugs rationed, no co-opting of treatment leading to deaths, MRSA, C-Diff and thousands of state penpushers in the NHS.

    Archive 2008-09-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • The penpushers either enact the proposals or come up with sound budgetary reasons why they should not be enacted.

    The Guardian World News Toby Helm 2011

  • Each month the clinicians meet the penpushers and tell them what the clinical needs are for that region and what options they should be pursuing.

    The Guardian World News Toby Helm 2011

  • If the penpushers do not act upon the clinicians' suggestions, a black mark is entered onto their personnel file and they become ineligible for bonuses or career advancement.

    The Guardian World News Toby Helm 2011

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