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administrationese

noun
/ədmɪnəˌstɹejʃəˈniːz/

Etymology

From administration + -ese.

  1. derived from administratio
  2. derived from administration
  3. inherited from administracioun
  4. suffixed as administrationese — “administration + ese”

Definitions

  1. The jargon used in administration.

    • It seems strange to have to ask, but suddenly we wonder… […] -why administrators, in their peculiar administrationese, ask for "student input"--and then tell lus^([sic]) our options are foreclosed?
    • Chairs and faculty members quickly learn that deans speak in strange tongues (ICLMs [Induced Course Load Matrices], FTEs [Full-Time Equivalents], and outcomes are administrationese from three different decades).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA