| 翻訳と辞書 | tree-killer (Sun) 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.
 This term may derive from {J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" (http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf-texts/SF_resource_guide/sfrgft.htm)}.  in which Treebeard the Ent uses it to refer to the orcs' master, Saruman of Isengard.  Saruman represents, among other things, technology at its most misguided.
 See also: dead tree.
 [Jargon File]
 (1999-11-03)
 
 
 
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