单词 | federalese |
释义 | federalese in British English (ˌfɛdərəˈliːz) noun unnecessarily obscure bureaucratic language federalese in American English (ˌfedərəˈliz, -ˈlis) noun (often cap) awkward, evasive, or pretentious prose said to characterize the publications and correspondence of U.S. federal bureaus Word origin [federal + -ese]-ese is a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, esp. countries or cities;frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language(Faroese; Japanese; Vietnamese; Viennese). By analogy with such language names, -ese occurs in coinages denoting in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristicjargon, style, or accent (Brooklynese; bureaucratese; journalese; computerese) |
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