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officialese collapse: the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure

bureaucracy collapse: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape; a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials; nonelective government officials

officeholder collapse: someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

public servant collapse: someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)

double Dutch collapse: the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners; an incomprehensible talk

mandarin collapse: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China; a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China; a high public official of imperial China; any high government official or bureaucrat; a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group; shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

parlance collapse: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

shibboleth collapse: a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

aphasia collapse: inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

industrial collapse: suitable to stand up to hard wear; "industrial carpeting"; having highly developed industries; "the industrial revolution"; "an industrial nation"; employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial work"; of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial output"; employed in industry; "industrial workers"; "the industrial term in use among professional thieves"

directing collapse: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"

registered collapse: (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc; listed or recorded officially; "record is made of `registered mail' at each point on its route to assure safe delivery"; "registered bonds"; (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book; "a registered Percheron"

muteness collapse: a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"

jargon collapse: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

incumbent collapse: the official who holds an office; currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"; necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts"; lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation"

dictionary collapse: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

scatology collapse: (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes); a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)

terminology collapse: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

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