green ink brigade

green ink brigade
Noun. Collective name for pedants and obsessives who feel the need to write letters of complaint, or diatribes, on issues of concern. Apparently named after the colour of the ink they use for their letters. Derog.

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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