Derogatory terms for skilled jobs

[vickster]

Tooth butcher for dentist has a certain amount of charm

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Squaddie is terribly unoriginal. Pongos is more accurate for infantry, dropshorts for artillery, donkey wallopers for cavalry.

Crabs for the RAF.

Booties for marines.

 

[ozboz]

I was a squaddie, as we were in Squadron's ,
Matlow. Sailor
Brylcream Boys. RAF
Rock Ape. RAF Reg't
Bootneck. RM
Pongo. Army Infantry

Pipe Strangler. Plumber
Trolley Dolly. Cabin Crew
Tyre basher. Tyre fitter

 

[vickster]

I was a squaddie, as we were in Squadron's ,
Matlow. Sailor
Brylcream Boys. RAF
Rock Ape. RAF Reg't
Bootneck. RM
Pongo. Army Infantry

Pipe Stangler. Plumber
Trolley Dolly. Cabin Crew
Tyre basher. Tyre fitter

What's a stangler??

 

[Tim Hall]

What's a stangler??

At a guess a squaddie's spelling of strangler. See also "matelot".

 

[Tin Pot]

In 30 years in IT I've never heard 'code monkey'.

You are probably a 'Service Manager', 'Business Analyst', 'Project Manager' or 'Head of Department'. People in these roles often claim to 'be in IT'.

 

[sight-pin]

Psychiatrist .... trick cyclist.

 

[raleighnut]

The worst one,

Agency worker.

 

[AndyRM]

Not sure there's a derogatory name for what I do, but the number of "opportunities" I've been offered for unpaid work which will result in "exposure" or "an enhanced portfolio" is quite a large one.

 

[Dayvo]

A group of people who repair shoes - cobblers.

People who make a lot of immoral money - b(w)ankers.

Farmers - country bumpkins.

Pilots - glorified taxi drivers.

 

[Mugshot]

Designing kitchens and bathrooms is part of my job description and whilst I wouldn't suggest it was rocket surgery there is a certain amount of skill involved in it and quite often a considerable amount of time. I went out to check on a fit a number of years ago and the fitter suggested that I had the opportunity to see where the real work happened and referred to me as a "Pen pusher". He had to find someone else to put £1500 - £2000 a week in his pocket after that.

 

[Globalti]

I'm effectively the area sales manager for the African continent and I travel to and function successfully in some challenging places, which includes appointing agents and distributors and negotiating quite complex payment arrangements. We aren't big on job titles but it gets up my nose when the UK clerks call me a "rep" as it's a bit more than that!

 

[Milkfloat]

In a previous role I had 'Tsar' in my title - I could not wait to get rid of it.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Marketeers - felt tip fairies

 

[Drago]

In a previous role I had 'Tsar' in my title - I could not wait to get rid of it.

Head of Imperial Russia?