Word: stuffier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...immediate changes in the State Department's personnel. But, he added, there was going to be a survey of the Department's structure. The slow-moving State Department quivered. Everyone who knew him knew two things about Jimmy Byrnes: 1) his dislike for professional diplomats of the stuffier stripe; 2) his liking for swift, direct action...
Last week Winston gave the press a nice little color story and a laugh on some of Britain's stuffier personages. He ordered the Civil Service to stop talking what he termed "officialese." Said he: "Let us have an end to such phrases as 'consideration should be given to the possibility of carrying into effect,' such terms as 'The receipt of your communication is hereby acknowledged with thanks.'" The Manchester Guardian promptly dubbed the Prime Minister "Jack the Jargon Killer...