pencil geek

noun

A bureaucrat; a pencil pusher.

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Meanings

nounpencil geek (plural pencil geeks)

plural pencil geeks

  1. slangA bureaucrat; a pencil pusher.

    “No. He's just a pencil geek, a business tycoon caught up in his companies, oblivious to what his wife is into.”

    2020, R. Carson, The Adventures of Richey Sword, Private Investigator
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    I was put in touch through a pencil geek from FBIHQ with a deputy United States marshal (DUSM) who was also assigned the fugitive case.

    2023, Jason Randazzo, The Day After: The Life and Times of a New York FBI Agent
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APA

pencil geek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil%20geek

MLA

“pencil geek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil%20geek. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pencil geek,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil%20geek.

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