educationesen.
/ˌɛdjᵿˌkeɪʃnˈiːz/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˌkeɪʃnˈiːz/, U.S. /ˌɛdʒəˌkeɪʃ(ə)nˈiz/ The type of language characteristic of educationalists, regarded as unnecessarily complicated, dull, and obtuse; educational jargon.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups
indenture Englisha1568
water language1702
jockeyism1802
slum1812
Polari1846
stable-language1856
scientificism1860
water-slang1860
Oxfordish1863
galley-slang1867
pitmatic1885
commercialese1910
legalese1911
academese1917
Hollywoodese1920
businessese1921
Hollywoodism1925
trade unionese1927
advertisingese1929
officese1935
sociologese1940
Whitehallese1940
Newspeak1949
patter1949
Pentagonese1950
educationese1958
computerese1960
managementese1961
spacespeak1963
computer-speak1968
techno-jargon1972
business-speak1973
Eurospeak1975
Euro-jargon1976
technospeak1976
doctorspeak1977
corporate-speak1978
medspeak1979
mellowspeak1979
technobabble1981
teenspeak1982
management-speak1986
codespeak1987
1958 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune 25 Apr. 8/3 In another comic scene is Wayne Pond as the principal who speaks ‘educationese’.
1978 Jrnl. Techn. Writing & Communication 8 303 Some textbooks..are painfully dull and poorly written,..laden with aseptic educationese.
1985 U.S. News & World Rep. 18 Feb. 57/2 For many schools, what was the library is now a learning-resource center. These are just a few examples of a language disorder known as..‘educationese’.
2008 R. D. Ramsey Don't teach Canaries not to Sing x. 111 Communicate with parents regularly and in understandable terms. No jargon. No educationese. No nonsense.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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