federalese

federalese
Synonyms and related words:
Varietyese, Wall Streetese, Washingtonese, bunkum, business English, businessese, cinemese, collegese, commercialism, computerese, economese, gobbledygook, journalese, legalese, medical Greek, medicalese, newspaperese, official jargon, officialese, pedagese, political doubletalk, pussyfooting, shoptalk, societyese, sociologese, stagese, telegraphese

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  • federalese — |fed(ə)rə|lēz, ēs noun ( s) Usage: often capitalized slang : prose that is marked by a needlessly involved and awkwardly pretentious sentence structure and use of a jargon of polysyllabic words and that is sometimes said to characterize the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • federalese — noun Date: 1944 bureaucratese …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • federalese — /fed euhr euh leez , lees /, n. (often cap.) awkward, evasive, or pretentious prose said to characterize the publications and correspondence of U.S. federal bureaus. [FEDERAL + ESE] * * * …   Universalium

  • federalese — the jargon of bureaucrats on the federal payroll …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • federalese — n. unnecessarily complex language used in U.S. government documents and correspondence …   English contemporary dictionary

  • federalese — fed·er·al·ese …   English syllables

  • Pentagonese — Synonyms and related words: Varietyese, Wall Streetese, Washingtonese, business English, businessese, cinemese, collegese, commercialism, computerese, economese, federalese, journalese, legalese, medical Greek, medicalese, newspaperese,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Washingtonese — Synonyms and related words: Varietyese, Wall Streetese, bunkum, business English, businessese, cinemese, collegese, commercialism, computerese, economese, federalese, gobbledygook, journalese, legalese, medical Greek, medicalese, newspaperese,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • buncombe — Synonyms and related words: Washingtonese, adulation, balls, baloney, big talk, bilge, blague, blah, blah blah, blandishment, blarney, bop, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cajolement, cajolery, claptrap, compliment, crap, eyewash, fair words …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bunkum — Synonyms and related words: Grade A, Washingtonese, adulation, applesauce, balderdash, balls, baloney, bang up, big talk, bilge, blague, blah, blah blah, blandishment, blarney, blue ribbon, bop, bosh, boss, bull, bullshit, bunk, cajolement,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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