13At the Finnish Consulting Group Forum last week, the Language Police presented the Top Ten List for bureaucratic jargon, and attendees voted for the most outstanding example. Finalists consisted of two government job offers, a government proposal, an invitation to “a vendor negotiation dialogue session”, and a call for EU project proposals. This year, the defining characteristic for the five jargon candidates was repetition:
“Experimenting professionals act as experimentation implementers.”
“The contract experiment is expected to produce an innovative contract.”
“Seeking a Project Manager for a Project Data Management Project, which takes place in the Information Management Unit of the Government Management Unit.”
This last announcement, with its loopy search for a project manager in a project data management project, greatly appealed to the judges, and is the nearly unanimous choice for Jargon of the Year. Many thanks both to those who submitted candidates and those who participated in the voting.
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The Word of the Week is going on holiday and will return in August. A beautiful summer to all language lovers!