Dilbert
Office comic strip
Dilbert is a comic strip by Scott Adams featuring a white-collar engineer navigating absurd corporate bureaucracy.
The name has become shorthand for the frustrated office worker trapped in meaningless meetings and pointless policies: Every Dilbert in the building knew the reorganization was just shuffling deck chairs.
A Dilbert-like workplace is one plagued by incompetent management and soul-crushing tedium.
Masculine given name
- AliceCommon female name
- CarolWoman's English name
- TedNickname for Edward
- comic stripSerialized newspaper cartoon panels
Dogbert · syndication · newspaper · panel · punchline · recurring character · Sunday strip · anthology
Partitioned office workspace
- meetingsOrganized group assemblies
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
downsizing · outsourcing · jargon · micromanagement · red tape · inefficiency · policies · procedures
Barrier separating spaces
- workspaceDesignated area for tasks
- deskFurniture for writing
- workstationTechnical computing system
- cubicle farmDense partitioned office layout
fluorescent lighting · office drone · 9-to-5 · monotony · water cooler · break room · open plan · name plate
Satirical imitation
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- witClever, inventive humor
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
cynicism · mockery · exaggeration · social commentary · deadpan · sardonic · lampooning · send-up
Programs directing computer operations
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- programmerOne who writes software
- nerdBrainy social misfit
- geekObsessive enthusiast
technical · code · computer · IT department · server · debugging · specifications · project
Wally
Masculine given name
Dogbert · comic strip · syndication · newspaper · panel · punchline · recurring character · Sunday strip · anthology · cartoon
cubicle
Partitioned office workspace
- meetingsOrganized group assemblies
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
synergy · downsizing · outsourcing · jargon · micromanagement · red tape · inefficiency · policies · procedures · paperwork
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- workspaceDesignated area for tasks
- deskFurniture for writing
- workstationTechnical computing system
cubicle farm · fluorescent lighting · office drone · 9-to-5 · monotony · water cooler · break room · open plan · name plate · inbox
parody
Satirical imitation
absurdity · cynicism · mockery · exaggeration · social commentary · deadpan · sardonic · lampooning · send-up
software
Programs directing computer operations
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- programmerOne who writes software
- nerdBrainy social misfit
geek · technical · code · computer · IT department · server · debugging · specifications · project · deadline
- Comic CharactersSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America
- comic stripsPeanuts, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, Blondie, Doonesbury
- work humoroffice jokes, office humor, workplace humor, workplace comedy, office pranks
- Office SatireOffice Space, The Office, Silicon Valley, buzzword bingo, corporate ladder
- UPN ShowsMoesha, Girlfriends, Eve, Everybody Hates Chris, The Game
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
DilbertCEO
Top corporate officer
executive · C-suite · corner office · the boss · management
Dilbertgo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
self-made man · entrepreneur · startup founder · mover and shaker · company man