red tapewormn.

Brit.

/rɛd ˈteɪpwəːm/, U.S.

/rɛd ˈteɪpˌwərm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red tape n., worm n.

Etymology: < red tape n. + worm n., punningly after tapeworm n. Compare earlier red-taper n., red-tapist n.

humorous and depreciative.

A person who adheres excessively to official rules and formalities; a red-tapist. Also (chiefly with the): red tape, excessive bureaucracy.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy

red tape1736

bureaucracy1815

bureauism1829

red-tapery1831

red-tapism1834

officiality1841

functionarism1842

officialism1849

red-tapedom1850

red tapeworm1851

tapism1852

green-ferret1853

officialty1853

paperasserie1856

paperchase1856

paper-chasing1876

departmentalism1886

Whitehallism1915

striped trousers1958

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > officious or petty

Jack in office1652

red-tapist1832

red-taper1837

Bumble1846

red tapeworm1851

tapist1852

jobsworth1970

1851 C. Dickens in Househ. Words 15 Feb. 484/1 A similar Museum could be established, for the destruction and exhibition of the Red-Tape-Worms.

1857 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 558 Let us no longer see the mere red tapeworm, who may, nevertheless, be in his proper capacity an excellent clerk, put into high place.

1864 ‘Citizen-Soldier’ Red-tape & Pigeon-hole Generals xi. 138 That infernal Red-tape worm that is strangling the soul out of the army.

1918 Studies Dec. 664 The State ought to provide it; but the mechanism is clogged by the red-tapeworm.

1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. a23 The overpaid, underqualified red-tapeworms in Washington.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red tapeworm
释义	red tapewormn. Brit. /rɛd ˈteɪpwəːm/, U.S. /rɛd ˈteɪpˌwərm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red tape n., worm n. Etymology: < red tape n. + worm n., punningly after tapeworm n. Compare earlier red-taper n., red-tapist n. humorous and depreciative. A person who adheres excessively to official rules and formalities; a red-tapist. Also (chiefly with the): red tape, excessive bureaucracy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy red tape1736 bureaucracy1815 bureauism1829 red-tapery1831 red-tapism1834 officiality1841 functionarism1842 officialism1849 red-tapedom1850 red tapeworm1851 tapism1852 green-ferret1853 officialty1853 paperasserie1856 paperchase1856 paper-chasing1876 departmentalism1886 Whitehallism1915 striped trousers1958 society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > officious or petty Jack in office1652 red-tapist1832 red-taper1837 Bumble1846 red tapeworm1851 tapist1852 jobsworth1970 1851 C. Dickens in Househ. Words 15 Feb. 484/1 A similar Museum could be established, for the destruction and exhibition of the Red-Tape-Worms. 1857 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 558 Let us no longer see the mere red tapeworm, who may, nevertheless, be in his proper capacity an excellent clerk, put into high place. 1864 ‘Citizen-Soldier’ Red-tape & Pigeon-hole Generals xi. 138 That infernal Red-tape worm that is strangling the soul out of the army. 1918 Studies Dec. 664 The State ought to provide it; but the mechanism is clogged by the red-tapeworm. 1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. a23 The overpaid, underqualified red-tapeworms in Washington. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851
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