Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

consultantese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-sul-tan-tese
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Jargon or buzzwords used by consultants.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The real problem is that the consultant is talking in broad, consultantese abstractions, [...]"
"We never quite converted him to consultantese (thank goodness), but we did move him a little toward the center."
"Consultantese for starting out on an assignment with little or no prior outline"

Etymology

Etymology tree English consultant Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English consultantese From consultant + -ese.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does consultantese mean?: Jargon or buzzwords used by consultants.
Where does consultantese come from?: Etymology tree English consultant Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English consultantese From consultant + -ese.

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