English

Noun

officialese ‎(countable and uncountable, plural officialeses)

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

Translations

See also

• legalese