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Memorandum from Maury Maverick to Everybody in Smaller War Plants Corporation
- guillaume8375 10y agoA 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-of.html http://boingboing.net/2016/04/29/1944-memo-from-manager-sick... According to http://www.futilitycloset.com/2016/04/29/clear-purpose http://www.futilitycloset.com/2016/04/29/clear-purpose, this is the first known usage of gobbledygook to refer to obscure jargon.