Politickese

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of politicese. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "Those costs are up several thousand dollars from when, four years ago, our much ballyhooed Select Standing Committee on Agriculture (that’s politickese for food probe) released a report titled Rebates and Allowance in the British Columbia Food Industry, in which the committee concluded that despite such charges, everything was hunky dory in foodland."

Synonyms

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politicianese

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"Those costs are up several thousand dollars from when, four years ago, our much ballyhooed Select Standing Committee on Agriculture (that’s politickese for food probe) released a report titled Rebates and Allowance in the British Columbia Food Industry, in which the committee concluded that despite such charges, everything was hunky dory in foodland."

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