Meaning of politickese | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of politicese.

alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“I mentioned this to Moran one day and he fell into that trap that so many people fall into by saying, “Well, write some good news.” Translated from politickese, that means, “Well, write a story about the good job I’m doing.””

“Trudeau came to power promising "not to raise the gas tax by 18 cents a gallon." And he didn't. He raised it 12 cents a gallon and then 11 cents a gallon. Neither was 18 cents, so they "kept" their promise. You just have to learn how to speak politickese.”

“Wouldn’t an Esperanto of revolt be magnificent? Not at all: those who want to organize their leader-becomings demand that the anarchist language disappears and that anarchists finally learn to express themselves in authoritarian politickese.”

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