office drone

English

Noun

office drone (plural office drones)

1. (derogatory) a white-collar worker who works a monotonous profession
   • 2019, Thomas M. Kitts, Nick Baxter-Moore, The Routledge Companion to Popular Music and Humor, page 1:

     In “Re: Your Brains,” Coulton glues together two geek-y tropes, the zombie apocalypse and the office drone, by using the popular interpretation of the zombie trope to comment on office work […]

Coordinate terms

• pencil pusher