newspeak

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SGA candidates are also experts at what George Orwell would say is "newspeak," or what I would describe as using a whole lot of words to say a whole lot of nothing.

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  1. noun Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public.

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  • We suggest you review Fossil's Glossary (# 27) as you are obviously a victim of "newspeak" or seek to perpetuate it. —  MRZine.org
  • Ted R.: It is YOU, and your fellow Libs (you also seem to prefer not to use real words -- typical Big Brother, "newspeak" mindset) that do not "get it." —  The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
  • SGA candidates are also experts at what George Orwell would say is "newspeak," or what I would describe as using a whole lot of words to say a whole lot of nothing. —  FIUSM.com
  • "Defamation of religion" is nothing more the blasphemy in "newspeak". —  Ethical Technology
  • In Newman's newspeak, I suppose that giving students "access to ideas" means that books that express scientific dissent from neo-Darwinism should be banned from school libraries. —  Evolution News & Views
 

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  1. From Newspeak, a language invented by George Orwell in the novel 1984.
 

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