Officialese

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  officialese \officialese\ n.
     the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic
     of some government officials; bureaucratese; -- it is
     characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague
     abstractions, and circumlocutions.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  officialese
       n : the style of writing characteristic of some government
           officials: formal and obscure

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "officialese":
     Varietyese, Wall Streetese, Washingtonese, bunkum,
     business English, businessese, cinemese, collegese, commercialism,
     computerese, economese, federalese, gobbledygook, journalese,
     legalese, medical Greek, medicalese, newspaperese, official jargon,
     pedagese, political doubletalk, pussyfooting, shoptalk, societyese,
     sociologese, stagese, telegraphese