Administrationese

//ədmɪnəˌstɹejʃəˈniːz// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The jargon used in administration. colloquial, rare, uncountable

    "It seems strange to have to ask, but suddenly we wonder… […] -why administrators, in their peculiar administrationese, ask for "student input"--and then tell lus^([sic]) our options are foreclosed?"

Synonyms

All synonyms
admineseadministrationspeakadminspeak

Example

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"It seems strange to have to ask, but suddenly we wonder… […] -why administrators, in their peculiar administrationese, ask for "student input"--and then tell lus^([sic]) our options are foreclosed?"

Etymology

From administration + -ese.

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