Pointy-haired

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

  pointy-haired adj. [after the character in the {Dilbert} comic strip]
     Describes the extreme form of the property that separates {suit}s and
     {marketroid}s from hackers. Compare {brain-dead}; {demented}; see {PHB}.
     Always applied to people, never to ideas. The plural form is often used
     as a noun. "The pointy-haireds ordered me to use Windows NT, but I set
     up a Linux server with Samba instead."