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officialese
noun of·fi·cial·ese \-ˌfi-shə-ˈlēz, -ˈlēs\
: the language used in official documents that is difficult for most people to understand
Full Definition of OFFICIALESE
: the characteristic language of official statements : wordy, pompous, or obscure language
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First Known Use of OFFICIALESE
1884
Rhymes with OFFICIALESE
Abdülaziz, Albigenses, Aragonese, archdiocese, Averroës, Barcelonese, bona fides, bureaucratese, cheval-de-frise, computerese, Diogenes, Dodecanese, Dutch elm disease, Egas Moniz, Eumenides, Euripides, Florida Keys, governmentese, Great Pyrenees, Hesperides, Hippocrates, Hippomenes, Indo-Chinese, kissing disease, mad cow disease, Marie-Louise, Pentagonese, Philoctetes, Sammarinese, social disease, suicide squeeze, superficies, telegraphese, Themistocles, Thucydides, Vietnamese
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