corporate nun

corporate nun (plural corporate nuns)

1. (slang) A woman who dedicates her life to her job or career, especially at the expense of romance.
   • 2008, Willie Brown, Basic Brown: My Life and our Times:

     In those photos of her wandering around Capitol Hill to meet the senators, she looked unprepared. Not like a politician with a message to impart, but like a corporate lawyer in her cubicle. She looked like a corporate nun.

   • 2007, Michael Hollister, Salishan:

     The corporate nun turned from the elevator smiling at them helpfully.

   • 1998, Elaine Viets, Rubout:

     Wendy was a sad creature, a corporate nun who dedicated her life to serving the Gazette. She had a permanently martyred air and no life outside the newsroom.