A stuffed shirt

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What it means -------------------------------------------
      - someone, especially a man, who behaves in a formal, old-fashioned way and thinks they are very important Ref:

      - person who is perceived as useless, stupid, or given more credit than he/she deserves -- usually a person in higher income or social prominence. See also, blowhard Ref:

Entymology/usage --------------------------------------
     - To call someone a "stuffed shirt" is of course, derogatory. The shirt is given more credit than the person wearing (or stuffing) it by the person wielding this insult. It is used widely in describing politicians or a loud-mouthed employer. Ref:

Examples ------------------------------------------------
      "Higgins is such a stuffed shirt. He always wears a tie, and he even eats chicken with a knife and fork." Ref:

      "I knew he was a banker and expensively educated so I was expecting him to be a stuffed shirt." Ref:

      "Everything was running fine in the office before the stuffed shirts from the consulting firm made useless changes that did nothing but create more work." Ref: