Editing Jobsworth (section)

==Origin==
"Jobsworth" is a [[British English|British]] [[colloquial]]ism<ref name="OED" /><ref>{{cite web |title=jobsworth – definition |url=http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/jobsworth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506160317/http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/jobsworth |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=30 January 2011 |work=Macmillan Dictionary |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]}}</ref> derived from the notion that something being asked of one in a work environment is too great to risk their job over, as in, "I can't do that; it's more than my job's worth." 

The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' defines it as "A person in authority (esp. a minor official) who insists on adhering to rules and regulations or bureaucratic procedures even at the expense of [[common sense]]."<ref name="OED">2nd Edition, Oxford University Press</ref> [[Jonathon Green]] similarly defines "jobsworth" as "a minor [[wikt:factotum|factotum]] whose only status comes from enforcing otherwise petty regulations".<ref>{{cite book | title=The Macmillan Dictionary of Contemporary Slang | year=1995 | isbn=0-333-63407-1 | last=Green | first=Jonathon | publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] | author-link=Jonathon Green}}</ref>  It is a form of [[passive aggressive]] [[obstructionism#As workplace aggression|obstructionism]], using the letter of the law as a weapon to impair progress or prevent change.