grass-eater

grass-eater · noun¹

From grass + eater; applied to bribe-accepting polics by the Knapp Commission in the 1970s.

grass-eater · noun²

1. Japanese · calque of草食系男子“herbivorous/grass-eating male”
2. English todaygrass-eater

Calque of Japanese 草食系男子 (sōshokukei danshi, “herbivorous/grass-eating male”).