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r-uh-kra-teez, -tees, byoo-rok-ruh-] 
| a style of language, used esp. by bureaucrats, that is full of circumlocutions, euphemisms, buzzwords, abstractions, etc. |
| bu·reau·crat·ese (byŏŏr'ə-krā-tēz', -tēs') n. A style of language characterized by jargon and euphemism that is used especially by bureaucrats: "Soviet bureaucratese, especially the tongue-twisting acronyms and alien-sounding portmanteau words of the state security apparatus" (Strobe Talbott). |