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bureauon
 n.— «Cobb tried to block FBI agents from issuing search warrants to NASA offices and frequently referred to his employees as “knuckle draggers” and “bureauons,” his shorthand for bureaucratic morons, according to testimony.» —“Congressional probe blasts NASA IG” by Eun Kyung Kim in Washington, D.C. Florida Today June 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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