Nanomanager Edit Meaning

1.

A person who tries to manage even the smallest details of other people's lives; someone who indulges in an extreme form of nannying.

"I can't believe it: he just told me that I should never have more than six paperclips on my desk at one time!" "Yea, he's a real nanomanager."

See micromanager, nanny, meddler, fussbudget, petty

2.

A boss that is an order of magnitude worse than a micromanager.

I could totally complete that project on my own in half the time by my supervisor is such a nanomanager that he has to be involved and make things more complicated.

See micromanager, nanometer, nanobot, boss, manager