kapulakieli.
unnecessarily obscure or formal language, officialese, gobbledygook, jargon
Meaning & usage
unnecessarily obscure or formal language, officialese, gobbledygook, jargon
Where this word comes from
kapula (“cudgel”) + kieli (“language”). The use of kapula might refer to sayings like heittää kapuloita rattaisiin (“to throw a spanner/wrench in the works”) or suukapula (“gag (device to restrain speech)”), although the exact rationale is uncertain. Originally referred to incomprehensible language, later usually Swedish. The term may have shifted to mean officialese or awkward formal language because of Swedish influence on such formal Finnish, becoming established in that sense by the 1970s.
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