The Lady Bracknell one isn't exactly arcane I don't think it's civil service jargon.
I have this every Saturday morning, when I volunteer in the community shop. One of my co-volunteers is 14 (doing his voluntary for the DoE awards) and I have to explain nearly everything I say. (Yes I know this is communication failure on my part, but it's not my job to keep him ignorant and he's a nice lad).
This week I mentioned we had been to see Steely Dan on Monday. "Who's he?" was the response.
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