administrationese

Definitions

The jargon used in administration.

colloquial, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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?”

“Chairs and faculty members quickly learn⟳ that deans speak⟳ in strange tongues (ICLMs [Induced Course Load⟳ Matrices], FTEs [Full-Time Equivalents], and outcomes are administrationese from three different decades).”

“Englishes used in ESL countries tend⟳ to be characterized by […] 3. a restricted input, historically often dominated by administrationese, literary English from Shakespeare to Dickens, and biblical language; its application to other text types can result⟳ in register⟳ misuse and unusual mixes.”

“A stickler for the proper use⟳ of the English language, in one of his editorials, FJS commented: “Besides grammatical errors, the language is polluted (even by the ‘educated’) with jargon, clichés, and what I will call⟳ administrationese. I cannot count⟳ the times I have⟳ recently heard ‘going forward⟳.’”

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