(1) Small furry animal, similar to a gerbil, only more friendly. Very energetic, likes to run on its wheel all day; rarely tires. (2) Junior worker in professional services firm or in corporate America, eager to please and able to perform mindless repetitive tasks with great enthusiasm for little reward.
Chompel/Ciompel is derived from a lithuanian word "Čiompelis" which defines:
An overweight (usually antisocial) person that acts egotistically in order to save his fragile ego. He takes jokes too personally and cant back what he says up.
Person 1: Person x is a chompel.
Person 2: How come?
Person 1: He just can't take a damn joke, started flaming me. A walking Lif you ask me.