journalese

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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
Noun
  • While often used sarcastically to mock true believers, the idiom reflects Italy’s enduring ambiguity toward Fascism, even 80 years after its fall.
    Mattia Ferraresi, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Knowing the correct four-word idioms is a sign of education.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Simplification is about presenting information in a manner that best resonates with an audience and putting aside technobabble that may be confusing.
    Steve Durbin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • That’s because the plot is a lumpy stew of familiar elements, given minimal narrative clarity despite the reams of expository technobabble spouted by Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Paradox.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Noun
  • The parlance for this technique is that it is considered autoregressive.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • In policy parlance, a put would imply that Trump would try to stop market selling at some point.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • You would be forgiven for assuming this a playful colloquialism, perhaps revealing a tenderness to the hunt.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Black communities are usually at the creative vanguard, from Renaissance art movements to fashion and even colloquialisms.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Journalese.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journalese. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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