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[Noun] | "gov*ern*men*tese" | \ ˌgə-vər-mən-ˈtēz \
1: jargon held to be characteristic of government officials
Origin: 1907 ;
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[ "governmentese" ]
1: supposedly jargon held to be characteristic of government officials;
a language spoken by government employees and their conntractors for the purpose of accomplishing as little as possible over the longest period of time
First Known Use of GOVERNMENTESE
* e.g., ... Q: "Why doesn't someone just fire this guy?"
[ "governmentese" ]
2: 1944
* e.g., ... A: "He's the only one who speaks Governmentese. We would have any public school contracts without him."
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