noun
- Plural of officialese; the characteristic language, style, or jargon used by officials and government bureaucracies, typically marked by complex vocabulary, passive voice, and obscure phrasing.
Usage: Usually uncountable in singular form (officialese), but pluralized here to refer to multiple instances or varieties of such language; Often used critically to describe unnecessarily complicated or evasive official communication
Examples
- The government report was filled with officialeses that made it difficult for ordinary citizens to understand the policy.
- Critics complained that the agency's officialeses obscured the real issues at stake.
- She translated the officialeses of the legal document into plain English for the client.
- The memo was so laden with officialeses that nobody could figure out what was actually being decided.
- Journalists often have to decode the officialeses used in press releases to find the actual news.