(n.) A mashup of two words: Corporate, and Coprolite, which is a fossilized turd.
Used to describe entrenched middle management
common to many workplaces, especially those members who have been in their jobs too
long to be dismissed despite adding nothing more valuable to the company than would an ancient piece of
rock-hard poop.
Employee 1: Hey, how'd your new idea
go over with the big CEO?
Employee 2: It
never got to him. Some corprolite decided he wanted things to
stay the same around here and threw away my memo.
Passing middle manager, to himself: Corprolite? Sounds like new business jargon. I'll have to make sure I use that in my next presentation to the board!