bureaucratese

[ byoor-uh-kra-teez, -tees, byoo-rok-ruh- ]

noun

1. a style of language, used especially by bureaucrats, that is full of circumlocutions, euphemisms, buzzwords, abstractions, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bureaucratese¹

bureaucrat + -ese

Example Sentences

Yes, that loophole is easy to miss, given the bureaucratese used to explain it, but its potential impact on soaring military budgets couldn't be clearer.

From Salon

In translation, that's bureaucratese for widespread trauma to come.

From Salon

When Professor Kahn left Ithaca for government posts, he became renowned for those precepts, attacking “the artificial and hyper-legal language that is sometimes known as bureaucratese or gobbledygook.”

From New York Times

That’s bureaucratese for “we don’t feel too strongly about this.”

From Washington Post

His hollow apologies and empty promises to improve processes were the worst kind of mealy-mouthed bureaucratese.

From Washington Post