Politicians and civil servants should steer clear of using "officialese" or risk being mocked by the public and media, a parliamentary committee has suggested. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest From www.politics.co.uk] Reference
In Gowers's revision of Fowlers MEU, there's an article on "officialese," in which Gowers distinguishes between the sort of language to be used in drafting a statute or regulation and the language used to explain things to an inquiring citizen. From Wordnik.com. [Language Log] Reference
Very interesting, it does sort of take your breath away reading the 'officialese', even translated to English … In fairness, Goldarrow couldn't really expect to get paid in full after the scrap prices crashed-I'm sure that just wasn't going to happen. From Wordnik.com. [Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China] Reference
He pointed to a green sign with lots of officialese printed in white. From Wordnik.com. [A Corpse is a Corpse]
I've googled my little heart out and can't find reference to the officialese. From Wordnik.com. [ATM--Any way to avoid getting gigged?] Reference
There exists a confusion in the public mind between officialese and legalese. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Fowler on Pronunciation:] Reference
They were straightforward police reports, written in proper officialese, but easy enough to comprehend. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight] Reference
The letter, signed by the principal, bombarded us with officialese, a new language we were learning the hard way. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing Jesse] Reference
The officialese used in the new order was pouty: DO 17-09, it said, was “hereby suspended pending resolution of the issues raised.”. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
It appears that no such request was made and the media either misunderstand Washington officialese or the White House was speaking with a forked tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
"But it does serve a useful purpose in getting to know each other's perceptions and positions a little better, free from the scaffolding of officialese.". From Wordnik.com. [A Different Take on the U.S.-India Climate Change "Spat"] Reference
‘Here Mrs Nightingale’s knowledge of legal lan — guage had apparently dried up, for she continued in a more natural manner, interspersed, however, with occasional officialese. From Wordnik.com. [A Guilty Thing Surprised]
"Entire municipalities are being merged, changed in secret behind closed committee room doors and through documents disguised in the most opaque officialese," charged Randburg resident Chris. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A marriage certificate, drawn up in officialese by Howard Goldstein, a Teller law student, was prepared for the Baxters and signed by Cowper, the couple themselves, and Rod and Caroline as witnesses. From Wordnik.com. [Tunnel In The Sky]
It's a Corportation-wide initiative (if you'll excuse the officialese) so there could potentially be people there whose daily work clothes are jeans, and more likely overalls and protective clothing. From Wordnik.com. [The One With The Training Course] Reference
He said, his speech always in the pattern of officialese, 'Well, Dr Force, can you enlighten us as to the whereabouts of a videotape containing medical research results stolen from the professor here.'. From Wordnik.com. [Shattered]
Moreover, whatever its technical status in the eyes of the GMC it was presented as a formal complaint, giving the full names of the doctors and their registered medical practitioner numbers and phrased in officialese. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
If an accommodation has been made, they don't know if whatever agreement has been reached would be satisfactory to the United States, and to use the kind of term we hear every once in a while, an officialese (ph) there watching this with great interest -- Paula. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2001] Reference
The sub-culture of monotonous officialese has to be put in the shredder. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
They might have been more effective if they were written in plain language instead of officialese. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
To their credit, the WHO and the CDC have avoided the kind of falsely reassuring officialese that has too often accompanied past crises. From Wordnik.com. [Blogs de Ciência] Reference
For the babu, the written order dripping officialese is gospel, does not matter if such devotion leads to the drowning of hundreds of citizens!. From Wordnik.com. [rediff.com] Reference
The report is written in equally careful officialese but it's pretty clear that better blogging skills with a touch of anarchy are generally needed. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
Over the years, Chinese officials at all levels have become accustomed to using officialese and empty rhetoric to avoid real communication with the public; and this has attained unprecedented levels with Hu Jintao. From Wordnik.com. [China Digital Times (CDT)] Reference
officialese is a pejorative term for a style of writing marked by peculiarities supposed to be characteristic of officials. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Fowler on Pronunciation:] Reference
I’ve always understood it to be true wherever English is the dominant language that “in case” usually (in ordinary, everyday language) means “against the possibility” but also (in highly formal language, i.e. officialese) means “if”. From Wordnik.com. [In case … | Linguism] Reference
If nothing she says is particularly new or informative, it is hard not to be captivated by the secretary’s mastery of the improvised sign language that briefers use to add emphasis and keep their audiences awake through lengthy stretches of officialese. From Wordnik.com. [Grand Illusions] Reference
Fowler on “officialese”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Fowler on Pronunciation:] Reference
Spare me the officialese. From Wordnik.com. [With Friends Like These...]
"officialese.". From Wordnik.com. [Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray] Reference
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