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词汇 shiny bum
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Definition of shiny bum in English:

shiny bum

(also shiny arse)
noun
Australian, NZ derogatory
  • A bureaucrat or office worker.

    the shiny bums in head office were writing slimy little memos to the Prime Minister
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He told the conference companies were led by "corporate robber barons in their shiny-arse suits".
    • I represent the working people who make this economy work, not these shiny bums down here in the capital.
    • "That was where the shiny bums lived," he says.
    • Teachers and principals do not want to say anything for fear of having their head shot off by some shiny bum way up the chain of command.
    • The report talks about having more shiny bums, who sit on their backsides, or police officers who do not staff the patrol cars, walk the beats, or make the arrests.
    • These shiny arse journos talk tourism up so much as New Zealand's economic saviour.
    • A shiny arse who knows he is bulletproof isn't going to put in the mileage to prove he is the right choice once he is in there.
    • Once again the shiny bums appointed to safeguard the national psyche have come up with an idea to excite the imagination of millions.
    • Even when research and development is done, it is under control of engineers and most of the work involves simply scoping the research project, a shiny-bum job.
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