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governmentese

noun

Definition of governmentesenext
as in Pentagonese

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  1. song and dance
  2. legalese
  3. bureaucratese
  4. psychobabble
Noun
  • Cruise and Fallon then broke out into song and dance in their seats.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Ready to Roll To kick off the start of the season, the guys will show off their moves ahead of the ladies, and their song and dance choice were revealed before the premiere.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of song and dance
Noun
  • Commercial cases are more complex, typically involving hundreds of pages of appraisals and legalese from the appellant.
    — Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Black’s lawyers decided to walk, anger seeping through their legalese.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 14 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
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