Tree-killer




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tree-killer

(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 the
Rings"

(http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf-texts/SF_resource_guide/sfrgft.htm)}
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)

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tree-killer
n.

[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.

It is likely that both senses derive their flavor from the epithet
`tree-killer' applied by Treebeard the Ent to the Orcs in J.R.R.
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. See also elvish, elder days, and
especially dead-tree version.


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