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tree-killer


tree-killer: [Sun] n. 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.  The negative loading of this term may reflect 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).