letterhead

letterhead
   appointed other than on merit
   It is used of an attempt to bolster the image or credibility of an organization through its association with an eminent person or one who comes from a minority:
    Some years ago, Sackville recounted, he flew to Houston, Texas for a meeting where he was to represent a British Corporation on whose board he served as a letterhead lord. (Seitz, 1998)
   See also statutory and token.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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