Memorandum from Maury Maverick to Everybody in Smaller War Plants Corporation

Posted by guillaume8375 on Saturday April 30, 2016 @06:19AM
from the research.archives.gov dept.

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Re:Memorandum from Maury Maverick to Everybody in Smaller Wa... by guillaume8375 on Saturday April 30, 2016 @06:20AM (#11601151)

A funny - but real, it seems - 1944 memo warning against the use of gobbledygook in memoranda. Seen on http://boingboing.net/2016/04/29/1944-memo-from-manager-sick...

According to http://www.futilitycloset.com/2016/04/29/clear-purpose, this is the first known usage of gobbledygook to refer to obscure jargon.

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