gumby: /guhm'bee/ n. [from a class of Monty Python characters,
poss. with some influence from the 1960s claymation character] 1. An
act of minor but conspicuous stupidity, often in `gumby maneuver' or
`pull a gumby'. 2. [NRL] n. A bureaucrat, or other technical
incompetent who impedes the progress of real work. 3. adj. Relating
to things typically associated with people in sense 2. (e.g. "Ran
would be writing code, but Richard gave him gumby work that's due on
Friday", or, "Dammit! Travel screwed up my plane tickets. I have
to go out on gumby patrol.")
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