Looking for a word for…

I posted on twitter yesterday looking for a word. Here's what I wrote:


I need a word for someone who is always very busy and doing work, but adds no value (It's a distant cousin to slacker, but a more active kind of unproduction).


Can be a real word, or made up – received about 15 suggestions:



busy body
unproductive
bureaucrat
program manager
wheel spinner
Frantic fluffer
drone
Workaholic
Troll
Frolicker
Oxygen waster
Middle manager
Busy-bee
Frantic Zero
Stacker
Seat warmer
Stationary duck
Politician
Keener
Stroker

Any other ideas, or votes, dear blog readers?




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Published on December 29, 2010 09:35
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