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office plankton

noun

Etymology

Calque of Russian о́фисный планкто́н (ófisnyj planktón) having the same meaning.

Definitions

  1. Anonymous office workers.

    • The fourth group is made up of office employees, the so-called "office plankton," "white-collar workers" or ...
    • They were workaholics in their 20s — “office plankton,” as they are sometimes called here — punchy from an apocalypse-themed office party, some headed for winter vacations in Egypt and Turkey.
    • But how can you invent a distinction if you feel you are part of ordinary office plankton? What if this is how the people around view you?

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA