Officialese

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /É™fɪʃəˈliːz/

Origin

From official + -ese.

Full definition of officialese

Noun

1. The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. from 19th c.
• 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 263:These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy ….

Synonyms

• bureaucratese