Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who receives two separate income payments from the government: Typically, this refers to an individual who simultaneously draws both a salary from a government job and a pension from previous government service, often from the same or a related public entity.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The investigation revealed several double dippers in the state pension system.
  • Critics argue that the law should be changed to prevent double dippers from straining public funds.

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a negative connotation, implying criticism of a practice seen as exploiting legal loopholes for personal financial gain at public expense.
  • The editorial condemned the city's double dippers as a burden on taxpayers.

Variants and Related Words

• Double-dip (verb): The act of receiving two such incomes.
  • He was accused of trying to double-dip from the state treasury.
• Double-dipping (gerund/noun): The practice or system that allows for this.
  • The new policy aims to eliminate double-dipping.

Synonyms

• Dual-income recipient (from government): A more formal, neutral term.
• Pension-and-salary collector: A descriptive phrase.

Related Phrases

• While "double dipper" itself is not typically part of a phrasal verb, the related verb form is "to double-dip".
  • As a retired police chief, he returned to work as a consultant and was accused of double-dipping.

Related Idioms

• The term is conceptually related to the idiom "have one's cake and eat it too", meaning to enjoy two desirable but mutually exclusive benefits.
  • Allowing double dippers is like letting them have their cake and eat it too at the public's expense.

Noun

1. someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)