officialese

That much had been evident even through the officialese of her orders.

"Not at this time," he said in flat officialese.

The commando leader replied in Russian, a torrent of officialese.

But let us be clear: behind the officialese of summits lies our single, common purpose:

The informal term officialese, the jargon of "officialdom", was first recorded in 1884.

You don't have to be a psycholinguist to understand the allure of officialese.

Officialese or bureaucratese is a derogatory term for language that sounds official.

I am afraid, however, that it was a bit of officialese in that we are limiting ourselves to a reply which simply confirms past events.

Ernest Gowers noted that officialese also allows the user to remain vague.

"That's officialese for something cribbed from a broadcast news tape," Retief commented.

Many Times reporters, especially younger ones, found the paper's reporting too stiff and bland, bearing the stamp of far too much officialese.

Discussing what the Fed can do, Volcker easily slides into an accustomed mode of officialese.

That I'm not at liberty to say,' said Wexford, falling back on one of the stock answers of officialese.

Behind the high-toned officialese of summit declarations, the personal chemistry at these sessions is often glimpsed through such exchanges.

The officialese replayed itself mockingly in his mind, and his fists clenched behind him as he wondered if she were alive or dead.

"Officialese" or "bureaucratese" is one form of gobbledygook.

The influence of the latter in particular is evident in his letters, which include wry parodies of Soviet officialese.

Don't hide behind officialese.'

I have read it with great care and it appears to be written in genuine 'Brussels Spout' for the officialese is extremely difficult to understand.

Translated from officialese, G-7 was announcing its intention to enhance the power of love in its host organism, a standard operating procedure for galactic scouts.

The existence of officialese has been recognized by a number of organizations, which have made attempts to curtail its use (see Plain Language Movement).

Officialese has been criticized as making one's speech or prose "stilted, convoluted, and sometimes even indecipherable" and simply as the "cancer of language".

The history of officialese can be traced to the history of officialdom, as far back as the eldest human civilizations and their surviving official writings.

None of those attributes were reflected in its first name, Hull 251, the shipbuilders' equivalent of a labor nurse's officialese, Baby Boy Smith.

"Portable 5885, K-" "Forget the officialese, Amelia," Rhyme said.