Pentagonese

noun

Definition of Pentagonesenext
as in governmentese

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  1. legalese
  2. bureaucratese
  3. psychobabble
  4. song and dance
Noun
  • Black’s lawyers decided to walk, anger seeping through their legalese.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The world of special education is filled with technical jargon and legalese that varies from state to state.
    — Parents, Parents, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of legalese
Noun
  • Details of new initiatives were bogged down by mind-numbing bureaucratese.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The most striking aspect of Putin’s failure to accept responsibility for the Kursk disaster was his retreat into bureaucratese.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2020
Definition of bureaucratese
Noun
  • The overly earnest character speaks in a hilariously cringey Gen Z self-help psychobabble that continuously grates on Enrique’s nerves.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • Sometimes, such content might be portrayed as being valid psychological science versus non-sensical psychobabble.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of psychobabble
Noun
  • This was before their dominance era, so the old noisy neighbours wanted to make a big song and dance out of the deal and erected a huge ‘Welcome to Manchester’ billboard to reflect what would soon be a changing of the guard in the city.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Luis Arraez is familiar with the song and dance of the trade deadline.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
Definition of song and dance
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“Pentagonese.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Pentagonese. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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