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Throttlebottom

[ throt-l-bot-uhm ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)
  1. a harmless incompetent in public office.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Throttlebottom1

After Alexander Throttlebottom, character in Of Thee I Sing (1932), musical comedy by George S. Kaufman ( def ) and Morrie Ryskind (1895–1985), American dramatist, lyricist, and writer

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