pedagese

noun

ped·​a·​gese

variants or pedaguese

¦pedə¦gēz,

-gēs

plural -s

: gobbledygook in the speeches or writings of educationists

reads like a Fourth-of-July oration in pedagese

—R. M. Hutchins

turgid pedagese

—H. M. Kallen

convert pedagese into lucid and workmanlike English

—American Scholar

Word History

Etymology

pedagogue + -ese

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