Gumby

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.")