chupatintas
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + tintas (“inks”).
Noun
[edit]chupatintas m (plural chupatintas)
- (often derogatory) a pencil pusher, a pen pusher (one who does routine office work)
- Synonyms: (vulgar) cagatintas, tinterillo
Further reading
[edit]- “chupatintas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014