officialese

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 06:19, 15 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

From official +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /əfɪʃəˈliːz/

Noun

officialese (countable and uncountable, plural officialeses)

  1. The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. [from 19th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 263:
      These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […].

Synonyms

Translations

bureaucratese — see bureaucratese

See also

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=officialese&oldid=55554354"