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officialese

/ə.fɪ.ʃəˈliːz/ UK

noun officialeses

countable, uncountable The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […]
Similar: bureaucratese

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@misc{officialese_2026,
  title = {officialese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/officialese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}