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Doublespeak

Doublespeak. Politics and Beyond. Language intended to distort or obscure its actual meaning . We may see euphemisms, ambiguity or generalizations. These are INTENTIONAL. . Doublespeak.

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Doublespeak

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  1. Doublespeak Politics and Beyond

  2. Language intended to distort or obscure its actual meaning. • We may see euphemisms, ambiguity or generalizations. These are INTENTIONAL. Doublespeak

  3. "Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.“- Politics and the English Language • Orwell created double speak in 1984. Thanks to George Orwell

  4. pretends to communicate but doesn't • makes the bad seem good • the negative seem positive • the unpleasant seem unattractive…or at least tolerable • avoids, shifts or denies responsibility • at variance with its real or purported meaning • conceals or prevents thought Why Use Doublespeak?

  5. “Would you care to check your bags at the door for your convenience?” • “I recently purchased a pr-eowned car.” • Our new shirts contain, “intelligent ventilation points.” Yes, you’ve been duped!

  6. Bank of American recently reported an increase in non-preforming assets. Allow for lies…

  7. "I reminded [the soldiers] and their families that the war in Iraq is really about peace.“ –April 2003 George W. Bush told the nation…

  8. "I have appointed a Secretary of Semantics--a most important post. He is to furnish me with forty to fifty dollar words. Tell me how to say yes and no in the same sentence without a contradiction. He is to tell me the combination of words that will put me against inflation in San Francisco and for it in New York. He is to show me how to keep silent--and say everything. You can very well see how he can save me an immense amount of worry.“ –December 1947 Wise Words From Truman

  9. Semantic = Relating to meaning in language or logic. • Newspeak = Ambiguous euphemistic language used chiefly in political propaganda. • Doublethink = Thought marked by the acceptance of gross contradictions and falsehoods, especially when used as a technique of self-indoctrination. To Get a Bit More Specific

  10. Can You Think of Phrases You Have Recently Heard That Qualify As Doublespeak?

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