Definition of "bureaucratese" []

• A style of language characterized by jargon and euphemism that is used especially by bureaucrats: "Soviet bureaucratese, especially the tongue-twisting acronyms and alien-sounding portmanteau words of the state security apparatus” ( Strobe Talbott). (noun)

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• "The bureaucratese is a bit more poignant than it might at first seem. 910 means the house was searched on 9/10."
• "This week's announcement – a list of procedures with no attempt to address the fundamental moral, legal and philosophical dilemma that underlies Guantánamo as much now as on the day it opened – is merely bureaucratese for the fact that Guantánamo, and all that it represents, is here to stay."
• "Translated from bureaucratese, that means what Finnish Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen calls an austerity program "stricter, harder and more comprehensive than the one the Portuguese parliament voted against.""