Se> (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" (http://Sf.www.lySator.liu.Se/Sf_archive/Sf-textS/SF_reSource_guide/Sfrgft.htm)}. 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)
