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  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"
         
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          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)
       
       

  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
     suits 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.