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Pentagonese

[pen-tuh-guh-neez, -nees]
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noun
  1. a style of language characterized by the use of euphemisms, technical jargon, acronyms, and circumlocutions, used especially by people working in the U.S. military establishment.
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Origin of Pentagonese

1950–55, Americanism; Pentagon + -ese
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