tree-killer

( n.)

   [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 {suit}s are tree-killers.

   It  is  likely  that both senses derive their flavor from 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}, and
   especially {dead-tree version}.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {dead-tree version}{documentation}{treeware}]