The Foot in Mouth Award is presented each year by the Plain English Campaign for "a baffling comment by a public figure".
[1] The award was first made in 1993, when it was given to Ted Dexter, the chairman of selectors for the England cricket team.
[2] The Plain English Campaign was set up in 1979 when the founder, Chrissie Maher, shredded hundreds of jargon-filled forms and documents in Parliament Square, London.
[3] The group gave their first awards the next year, rewarding organisations that used "plain English" and highlighting those that did not.
George W. Bush received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2008 for "services to gobbledygook" throughout his presidency.