totem

The absentee totem, the one with the power to make all the major calls he pleases without having the responsibility of justifying them in any public forum.

“Spatial awareness is always bottom of the totem pole.”

“I was the low man on that totem pole,” Reid said.

The Stockport-born player emerged so quickly and came into a team struggling so often, he was almost a totem.

McTominay - Manchester United fans, look away now - has been the totem for the locals in Naples who sang his name in the streets as their team claimed the Serie A title.