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OFFICIALESE

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | | Copyright

OFFICIALESE. A style common in statements and texts issued by the representatives of governments and large institutions, especially civil servants. The term is usually pejorative and the style is particularly criticized for obscure, polysyllabic, pompous, and/or pedantic usage. See BUREAUCRATESE, JARGON.

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officialese

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

officialese n. derogatory the formal and typically verbose style of writing considered to be characteristic of official documents, especially when it is difficult to understand.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

officialese •Achinese, Ambonese, appease, Assamese, Balinese, Belize, Beninese, Bernese, bêtise, Bhutanese, breeze, Burmese, Cantonese, Castries, cerise, cheese, chemise, Chinese, Cingalese, Cleese, Congolese, Denise, Dodecanese, ease, éminence grise, expertise, Faroese, freeze, Fries, frieze, Gabonese, Genoese, Goanese, Guyanese, he's, Japanese, Javanese, jeez, journalese, Kanarese, Keys, Lebanese, lees, legalese, Louise, Macanese, Madurese, Maltese, marquise, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, officialese, overseas, pease, Pekinese, Peloponnese, Piedmontese, please, Portuguese, Pyrenees, reprise, Rwandese, seise, seize, Senegalese, she's, Siamese, Sienese, Sikkimese, Sinhalese, sleaze, sneeze, squeeze, Stockton-on-Tees, Sudanese, Sundanese, Surinamese, Tabriz, Taiwanese, tease, Tees, telegraphese, these, Timorese, Togolese, trapeze, valise, Viennese, Vietnamese, vocalese, wheeze •superficies • Héloïse • Averroës •rabies • pubes • Maccabees •headcheese

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