Throttlebottom
noun
: an innocuously inept and futile person in public office
Word History
Etymology
after Alexander Throttlebottom, character in the musical comedy Of Thee I Sing (1931) by George S. Kaufman born 1899 & Morris Ryskind born 1895 American playwrights
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- misallocates
- misallocating
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