Friday Mar 30th 2007
Mandarins’ dictionary
All professions develop their own little bits of jargon. The civil service is no exception. But being insulated from the grubby world of commerce, and populated by high-minded Oxbridge types who’d rather kill their own mothers than split an infinitive, Whitehall’s private language has a euphemistic charm all of its own.
Salieri | 7:52am |
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