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Midweek quiz: Council jargon | Midweek quiz: Council jargon |
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Midweek quiz: Council jargon | Midweek quiz: Council jargon |
Councils have been told to cut the gibberish and speak plain English - and the Local Government Association has compiled a list of 200 banned words. But do you know your baselines from your blue sky thinking? Test yourself with this Call My Bluff-style quiz. | Councils have been told to cut the gibberish and speak plain English - and the Local Government Association has compiled a list of 200 banned words. But do you know your baselines from your blue sky thinking? Test yourself with this Call My Bluff-style quiz. |
1.) Council jargon quiz | 1.) Council jargon quiz |
What does it mean when a department is "top down"? | What does it mean when a department is "top down"? |
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2.) Council jargon quiz | 2.) Council jargon quiz |
"Idea" is a simple word, but what do councils use instead? | "Idea" is a simple word, but what do councils use instead? |
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3.) Council jargon quiz | 3.) Council jargon quiz |
If councillors ask you to "cross cut", what do they actually want you to do? | If councillors ask you to "cross cut", what do they actually want you to do? |
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4.) Council jargon quiz | 4.) Council jargon quiz |
If you're "working out" a problem, what do councils say you're doing? | If you're "working out" a problem, what do councils say you're doing? |
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5.) Council jargon quiz | 5.) Council jargon quiz |
If a council is having "coterminous, stakeholder engagement" what is it doing? | If a council is having "coterminous, stakeholder engagement" what is it doing? |
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6.) Council jargon quiz | 6.) Council jargon quiz |
You may call people without a job the unemployed, but what do councils call them? | You may call people without a job the unemployed, but what do councils call them? |
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If a council is "horizon scanning" what is it doing? | |
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Council jargon quiz | Council jargon quiz |
0 - 3 : Gobbledegook | 0 - 3 : Gobbledegook |
4 - 6 : Making some sense | |
7 - 7 : Plain speaking | 7 - 7 : Plain speaking |
For a complete archive of past quizzes, including our weekly news quiz 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine index and scroll down the page. | For a complete archive of past quizzes, including our weekly news quiz 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine index and scroll down the page. |
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