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[worththepowder]

With a surprising resemblence to the time a board of turnip-headed captains determined to rob me of the luxury of a commission and to return me to the cesspool of midshipmen, my c#%^ of a typist has denied me a story in favour of flinging me into this pit. I intend to make the best of it. I see young Snotty and Kennedy have already arrived. They

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[spitfireblonde]

Well, aren't you a saponaceous schmuck.

[humane_agnostic]

A most elegant and accurate characterization, Mlle!

The phrase 'petty tyrant' also comes to mind, with an emphasis on the petty half of the verbal equation. We could also describe him as 'a morel with delusions of grandeur'. Or perhaps, to continue your example of alliteration, 'a sadistic schlep' (I quite like that one, myself). Or 'a scorbutic scoundrel'. 'A viscid villain', 'a wretched weever', 'a picayune poacher'...

Of course, my usual reference for men such as he is 'bullying scum', which I like to think makes up for in blunt honesty what it lacks in erudition.

[avifauna]

Or 'a scorbutic scoundrel'.

*peers at the OP* A singularly apt description, in this case, I suspect.

[humane_agnostic]

I'm glad to hear you say so too, Doctor. It's nice to know I'm not making unfounded assumptions.

[spitfireblonde]

I thought so. *preen*

[worththepowder]

You -- all of you -- are on my blacklist now. You WILL regret it.

[humane_agnostic]

*considers*

*considers some more*

No, no, I don't think I will.

[spitfireblonde]

Oh. Eek.