Is there a general word to describe the office people who work from nine to five on weekdays ?
Is there a general word for such people?
I'd call them "time passers" !!!!who normally waste their precious time on various forums on the net. ;)
<I'd call them "time passers" !!!!who normally waste their precious time on various forums on the net. ;) >
With your stupid answers, you seem to be wasting our time.
With your stupid answers, you seem to be wasting our time.
In my opinion, when someone mentions office workers I immediately think of yuppies... But not everyone that works in an office is a yuppie...
For those who don't know, a yuppie is a young urban professional (Y.U.P.).
For those who don't know, a yuppie is a young urban professional (Y.U.P.).
I don't hear the term "yuppie" very often at all...
I don't think there really is a "general word" in the sense that I suspect Bius is looking for. Words like "nine-to-fiver" will be understood, but they're not typical words that one would find in the dictionary.
- Kef
I don't think there really is a "general word" in the sense that I suspect Bius is looking for. Words like "nine-to-fiver" will be understood, but they're not typical words that one would find in the dictionary.
- Kef
<Words like "nine-to-fiver" will be understood, but they're not typical words that one would find in the dictionary. >
SYLLABICATION: nine-to-fiv·er
PRONUNCIATION: nnt-fvr
NOUN: One who works regular daytime hours, as in an office
http://www.bartleby.com/61/10/N0111000.html
SYLLABICATION: nine-to-fiv·er
PRONUNCIATION: nnt-fvr
NOUN: One who works regular daytime hours, as in an office
http://www.bartleby.com/61/10/N0111000.html
OK, it's in Merriam-Webster, too. I take it back. I should have checked myself before saying that.
Pos, do you have some sort of bone to pick with me? I already admitted my mistake. Let's not start a personal war, all right? ;)
I must say that "nine-to-fiver" still does not strike me as a typical, everyday word -- it definitely feels like a neologism -- but it is in the dictionary nonetheless.
- Kef
I must say that "nine-to-fiver" still does not strike me as a typical, everyday word -- it definitely feels like a neologism -- but it is in the dictionary nonetheless.
- Kef