Its operative term, doublespeak, is derived from Nineteen Eighty-Four. An early resolution (passed in 1971 at the annual convention of the NCTE), which led to the creation of the Committee, quoted Orwell's remark that "language is often used as an instrument of …

For example, when you have a trade agreement and you don't like something your partner is doing you 'legitimise' the (otherwise illegitimate) act of breaking the agreement as a device to force them to comply with your wishes. So you 'sanction' the breaking of the agreement. Hence you apply a 'sanction' against them. An excellent case of ...

2019年5月28日 · These two have been combined to form the term doublespeak (frequently incorrectly attributed to Orwell's 1984) meaning "language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words." More information and references at Wikipedia. The OP mentioned Nineteen Eighty-Four but not doublespeak.

2013年1月4日 · Doublespeak is language that's intended to deceive or confuse people. … Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms, unsupported generalizations, or deliberate ambiguity. Contrast with plain English. William Lutz has defined doublespeak as “language which pretends to communicate but doesn’t.”

2011年6月23日 · doublespeak — flipping the meaning or use of a phrase in an attempt to disguise the truth (e.g. a boy named Girl) euphemism — softening a phrase to reduce its emotional or social impact fridge logic or fridge brilliance — typically applied to events in a film or show, the idea that something "hits" you some time after the initial reveal.

2013年8月23日 · Sometimes people tell me that I should avoid using "you" in formal writing and insist on telling me to use "one" ("One should not use 'you'" as opposed to "You should not use 'you'").

2011年7月21日 · So, to "extract" a fossil from the soil might make it seem similar to the listener as extracting water from the soil. In political and tradecraft doublespeak, "extract" also has the connotation of placing someone in confinement, instead of removing them from it, making it nearly antonymic to "extricate".

2014年10月20日 · Doublespeak seems to fit this example well. From Wikipedia: Doublespeak is language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs, "servicing the target" for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable.

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2016年10月10日 · I'm looking for a phrase or saying, used in politics or business, where people respond to questions using non-committal answers. These answers would be provided to avoid responsibility or ownershi...