tree-killer

jargon, abuse (Sun) 1. A printer.

2. A person who wastes paper. This epithet should be

interpreted in a broad sense; "wasting paper" includes the

production of spiffy but content-free documents. Thus,

most suits are tree-killers.

This term may derive from J.R.R. Tolkien's \"Lord of theRings\".

in which Treebeard the Ent uses it to refer to the orcs'

master, Saruman of Isengard. Saruman represents, among other

things, technology at its most misguided.

See also: dead tree.

[Jargon File]

(1999-11-03)