- Corporatese
Corporatese is a sub-dialect of the
English language that is used incorporation s and other bureaucracies. It is not formally-defined and has no central regulatory authority, but is nonetheless in use in many organisations in the English-speaking world.Closely related to
Politically correct phraseology andGeorge Orwell 's concept ofNewspeak , Corporatese is characterised by often-unwieldy elaborations of more common-or-garden English phrases and serves to dramatise or conceal the real meaning of what is being said. It can often be rich incliché . Corporatese is a type ofcorporate jargon .For example, a telephone may be referred to as a "two-way interactive communications device".
Appearance of concept in Literature
A similar idea appears in
Iain Banks ' novel "The Bridge", where professional jargons have become so advanced that they have become separate languages.The main character inLucy Kellaway 's novel "Who Moved My Blackberry?",Martin Lukes is a sharply-observed parody of corporate gibberish, with his ideas of Creovation and Integethics.External links
* [http://corporatese.z-university.org/ Corporatese from A to Z]
* [http://davidcho.blogspot.com/2005/02/christian-ese.html blog mentioning corporatese]
* [http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/ Satirical game that sends up the concept of Corporatese]
* [http://www.andrewdavidson.com/gibberish/ Corporate gibberish generator]See also
*
Corporate jargon
*Journalese
*Jargon
*Headlinese
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.