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Definition: Traditional police speak. Dumfries & Galloway police officers want to be allowed to use plain English instead of management-speak to stop puzzling the public with "confusing" and "irritating" phrases.

Example: "So you say party meaning people and RTA for road traffic accident. What is all this police ploddledygook?" Etymology: From the 20thcentury gobbledygook, pretentious or unintelligible jargon, and plod, the sound of heavy steps, from the 16th century.

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