officialese

Imagine if we were able as a church to leave aside all the bureaucratic 'officialese' , all the empty titles, and all the massaging of personal egos.

In 1979, taking a different tack, Plain English Campaign publicly destroyed government forms as the opening move in a crusade against 'officialese' and obfuscation.

His letter is expressed in his own language, and not in 'officialese' , but to my mind it is clearly a formal request to carry out the works referred to.

That is 'officialese' for saying that they are making the mandatory bow to non-commercial programming, but note that it is only open to the same commercial broadcasters.

In rather guarded 'officialese' , it points to a shaky financial situation with the potential for huge financial losses.

The vulgar language was a way of signalling to the voters that he was one of them, not speaking in political 'officialese' or respecting the conventions of polite society.

The simple lending and savings schemes described as ‘micro-financing’ or ‘micro-credit’ in 'officialese' , is seen as the viable solution to livelihood where poverty is the overriding factor.

I'm thinking, for example, of so-called legalese and 'officialese' - sentences like ‘We are in receipt of your communication of 12 inst. and wish to convey our most sincere gratitude for same.’

They have been ‘settled,’ as colonial 'officialese' put it, by a set of State policies that might be better described as disciplined and tamed.