doublespeak

• “‡ Orwell coined the term doublespeak to describe one kind of propaganda practiced by the state in Nineteen Eighty-Four.”

  Nineteen Eighty-Four

• “But then doublespeak is the lingua franca of the fight game – not that Chisora is complaining about a deal that could deliver not just one Klitschko but both of them.”

  The Guardian: Dereck Chisora delighted with three-fight deal for Klitschkos' titles

• “Obama's slavish conformity to pro-choice doublespeak is especially relentless.”

  Verbal Duplicity and False Choices

• “Well, for a lady who thinks she can accuse the CIA of lying to her and not expect repercussions, I guess this sort of misguided doublespeak is par for the course. dreamer”

  Pelosi: There will be public option in House health care bill

• “On the blogs and elsewhere, it is being played out as if this is more evidence of Hillary engaging in doublespeak, or flip-flopping, or whatever, and, quite frankly, it is bullshit.”

  Balloon Juice » 2007 » October

• “The word doublespeak was coined in the early 1950's after George Orwell's book, 1984, was published in the late 1940's.”

  Beth Arnold: Spinning the Spin

• “The word doublespeak grew out of this post-1984 culture and is just as timely today.”

  Beth Arnold: Spinning the Spin

• “The doublespeak is needed because of the contradiction between the Bush Administration's concept of freedom and democracy and the actual principles and requirements of freedom and democracy.”

  The Bubble of American Supremacy

• “The concept was later refined as "doublespeak" -- which is simply the notion that if you say something often enough, you can convince normal people that something is its opposite.”

  The Huffington Post: George Orwell is Reborn as Mitch McConnell

• “Okay, let's say worse, because they're supposed to be bringing us the "news" instead of a transmission of doublespeak, which is what we get at least half the time now.”

  Beth Arnold: Spinning the Spin

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