Is there a general word for such people?

Bius   Thu May 31, 2007 8:25 am GMT
Is there a general word to describe the office people who work from nine to five on weekdays ?
Franco   Thu May 31, 2007 9:59 am GMT
Sheep.
Guest   Thu May 31, 2007 10:29 am GMT
Office workers
Guest   Thu May 31, 2007 10:58 am GMT
Jinxed morons
M56   Thu May 31, 2007 11:11 am GMT
nine-to-fivers
Guest   Thu May 31, 2007 11:28 am GMT
I'd call them "time passers" !!!!who normally waste their precious time on various forums on the net. ;)
Maurice   Thu May 31, 2007 11:17 pm GMT
<I'd call them "time passers" !!!!who normally waste their precious time on various forums on the net. ;) >

With your stupid answers, you seem to be wasting our time.
Skippy   Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:16 am GMT
In my opinion, when someone mentions office workers I immediately think of yuppies... But not everyone that works in an office is a yuppie...

For those who don't know, a yuppie is a young urban professional (Y.U.P.).
furrykef   Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:35 am GMT
I don't hear the term "yuppie" very often at all...

I don't think there really is a "general word" in the sense that I suspect Bius is looking for. Words like "nine-to-fiver" will be understood, but they're not typical words that one would find in the dictionary.

- Kef
Humble   Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:40 am GMT
Isn't yuppy an antiquated word used two decades ago?
M56   Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:16 am GMT
<Words like "nine-to-fiver" will be understood, but they're not typical words that one would find in the dictionary. >

SYLLABICATION: nine-to-fivĀ·er
PRONUNCIATION: nnt-fvr
NOUN: One who works regular daytime hours, as in an office

http://www.bartleby.com/61/10/N0111000.html
furrykef   Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:30 am GMT
OK, it's in Merriam-Webster, too. I take it back. I should have checked myself before saying that.
Pos   Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:43 am GMT
<<I should have checked myself before saying that.>>

Yup.
furrykef   Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:22 am GMT
Pos, do you have some sort of bone to pick with me? I already admitted my mistake. Let's not start a personal war, all right? ;)

I must say that "nine-to-fiver" still does not strike me as a typical, everyday word -- it definitely feels like a neologism -- but it is in the dictionary nonetheless.

- Kef
Pos   Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:42 am GMT
Resultados 1 - 100 de aproximadamente 16.800 de "nine-to-fiver".