tree-killer

tree-killer

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  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 {suit}s 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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