governmentese

noun

Etymology

From government + -ese.

  1. derived from governement
  2. inherited from governement
  3. suffixed as governmentese — “government + ese

Definitions

  1. The jargon spoken in government.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for governmentese. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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