jobsworth


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jobsworth/ˈʤɒbzwɜːθ/
noun Brit. informal an official who mindlessly upholds petty rules.
– origin 1970s: from ‘it's more than my job's worth (not) to…’.
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