(UK) A high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure.
Wanted: a Sir Humphrey for funds to hide behind [...]Key skills required:— Ability to move head vertically rather than horizontally when asked to promote anything desired by the fund management companies who pay your salary— Ability to c…
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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