| 单词 | whitehallese |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhiteˈhallese Whiteˈhallese n. depreciative official jargon regarded as typical of the British civil service. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups indenture Englisha1568 water language1702 jockeyism1802 slum1812 Polari1846 stable-language1856 scientificism1860 water-slang1860 Oxfordish1863 galley-slang1867 pitmatic1885 commercialese1910 legalese1911 academese1917 Hollywoodese1920 businessese1921 Hollywoodism1925 trade unionese1927 advertisingese1929 officese1935 sociologese1940 Whitehallese1940 Newspeak1949 patter1949 Pentagonese1950 educationese1958 computerese1960 managementese1961 spacespeak1963 computer-speak1968 techno-jargon1972 business-speak1973 Eurospeak1975 Euro-jargon1976 technospeak1976 doctorspeak1977 corporate-speak1978 medspeak1979 mellowspeak1979 technobabble1981 teenspeak1982 management-speak1986 codespeak1987 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Mar. 12/2 The pomposities of business English and Whitehallese. 1960 E. Partridge Charm of Words 22 Whitehallese, or gobbledygook, the language of lesser officials and of politicians. 1975 Economist 15 Feb. 115/2 In spite of long exposure to Whitehallese, she writes in English. 1990 New Scientist 17 Nov. 64/2 Under Regular Review is Whitehallese for ‘We have no intention whatsoever of doing anything at all about it’. < as lemmas |
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