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Looking for a word for…

I posted on twitter yesterday looking for a word. Here’s what I wrote:

I need a word for someone who is always very busy and doing work, but adds no value (It’s a distant cousin to slacker, but a more active kind of unproduction).

Can be a real word, or made up – received about 15 suggestions:

  • busy body
  • unproductive
  • bureaucrat
  • program manager
  • wheel spinner
  • Frantic fluffer
  • drone
  • Workaholic
  • Troll
  • Frolicker
  • Oxygen waster
  • Middle manager
  • Busy-bee
  • Frantic Zero
  • Stacker
  • Seat warmer
  • Stationary duck
  • Politician
  • Keener
  • Stroker

Any other ideas, or votes, dear blog readers?