Associations to the word «Officialese»

Wiktionary

OFFICIALESE, noun. The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. [from 19th c.]

Dictionary definition

OFFICIALESE, noun. The style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams