bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
Refers to the stiff, roundabout, or overly formal language used in government and official documents, often criticized for being hard to understand.
Notices written in bureaucratic jargon are hard for ordinary people to understand.
He tries to avoid officialese and use easy-to-understand expressions.
Same meaning without the honorific prefix お; slightly less polite but still refers to bureaucratic language.
More formal term for bureaucratic terminology, often used in academic or critical contexts.
Compound of お (honorific prefix) + 役所 (government office) + 言葉 (language, words). The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely arose as a colloquial term criticizing the opaque language of officialdom.