Green’s Dictionary of Slang

perkmeister n.

[perk n.1 + -meister sfx]

(US) an official, typically in a company or in government, who can offer favours, jobs etc.

Big Green ‘Notes From Sri Lanka’ 1 Dec. at BigGreenHits.com 🌐 So as unemployment tops 6% (which old Jack ‘Perkmeister’ Welch thinks is still pretty low) Dubya shitcans that crank Paul O’Neill (who was reportedly on the point of suggesting that we all turn our W.I.N.—‘Whip Inflation Now’—buttons upside down to read N.I.M—‘No Immediate Miracles’).