lanyard class
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Civil servants as a group, viewed as inept, officious, or excessively concerned with social justice.
British usage; Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "The foot-dragging lanyard class – unelected, unaccountable, secretly ideological – thwarts policies they are paid to implement."
- "Finally, some vague understanding of who this lanyard class is in Findlay's mind emerged. After using a blanket term denigrating every public sector worker, he had homed in on diversity, inclusion and equality."
- "Therapy English, by contrast, is the language of the HR department, the corporate away-day, the NGO workshop, the elite university, the lanyard class."
Etymology
Coined with reference to the lanyards that civil servants commonly wear to display their identification badges.
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory