From Washington came further definitionsof current officialese:
Point up the issue — To expand a 1-page memo to 15 pages.
For the record — Let’s swell the file with nonsense.
Operational level — Place where the theory stops and the work begins.
Government board — Long, narrow, and wooden.
Research work — Hunting for files.
Office memo — A typewritten statement one reads, initials, forgets toremember and hands to someone who has seen it before.