officious

They're the joy of the petty and officious and the bane of people who just want to get things done.

"Center" sounds officious, beauracratic, stuffy, and boring to my ears.

There's also a big difference between the rules, and what is regularly enforced, so people think they are very hands off, when they can be officious pricks at times.

Most people don't mind polite chats; it's petty little officious police being obnoxious during a traffic stop that is annoying.

Probably won't be long before they're patrolling interstate highways in stealth-black Dodge Chargers with officious logos on the sides.

Even sadder is the officious and petty tone:The paper must be in 12 point font, Times New Roman, double-spaced with one-inch margins...I know what my response would be: two words, one page, 150 pt font.

Sadly the Stackoverflow community seems to have become a lot more officious in the last few years and the number of petty bureaucrats has skyrocketed.

And why bother going and stammering in front of some officious HR person or manager about how you don't feel comfortable giving out recommendations so early on.

I found that while Hondurans are generally warm, anyone I interacted with in an official capacity was officious and unpleasant.

If Oracle want to tell me their latest, greatest, very expensive CRM dashboard isn't compatible with a new browser point release, exactly what am I paying them all that money for?Stop being officious.

Occasionally there are officious bozos that think you can't. However, the Homeland Security one probably is illegal and could get you charged with impersonating an officer.

That kind of officiousness is completely unnecessary and needlessly turns people off participating in the community.

Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous.