Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Mid-century: TV and science ·1961
Eurocrat
Euro- bureaucrat
- Meaning
- An official of the European Union institutions.
- Source words
- Euro- + bureaucrat
- Coined by
- unknown
- Year
- 1961
Background
First recorded in British press coverage of the early European Economic Community. Often mildly pejorative, implying faceless Brussels administration; the word predates the EU itself by three decades.
Mid-century: TV and science
Two engines dominated: television (sitcom, televangelist) and post-war big science (pulsar, transistor). Many mid-century coinages came from scientific style sheets and industry journals.
Two words, one coinage.
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