doublespeak
by lontrus on Nov 05, 2004 19:18:49
Doublespeak here ought to be
doublethink. The person who first defined it must have had doublethink confused with
newspeak and thus combined the two. The definition given is for doublethink.
Example:
Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quie simple All that was needed was an
unending series of victories over your own memmory. "Reality control," they called it; in
Newspeak, "
doublethink."
doublespeak
by Sloan Squared on Jun 12, 2004 06:12:02
From
George Orwell's 1984. The guy was 20 years out, but other than that fairly accurate... It's the ability to hold two
separated and completely contradictory statements in your head and believe that both are true
Example:
Dubya: "We are bringing democracy to Iraq" (while bringing a
dictatorship to the US via the "Patroit" act, Florida
elections etc etc etc).
doublespeak
by Kat on Nov 21, 2004 04:41:38
The medical term is
echolalia which is the involuntary parrotlike repetition of a word or phrase just spoken by another person.
Echolalia is a feature of schizophrenia. In
Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions" one of the characters suffers from chronic doublespeak.
Example:
K: What did you say?
M: What did you say?
K:
Are you crazy?
M: Are you crazy?
K:
Dammit.
M: Dammit.
doublespeak
by pfffft on Jul 04, 2006 12:12:30
"I tried pot....but I didn't
inhale." - Beelzebill
Clinton
/
"That depends on what the definition of the word
is is." - Beelzebill Satan KKKlinton
Doublespeak
by CorporateRule on Jan 19, 2016 12:24:13
When you are messaging someone back and forth and while you are writing a response their last message they send another message on a different topic. You realize the second message requires a completely
seperate message to answer so you quickly finish you initial response and
send it. Then as you start typing the second message the other person reads the message you already sent then proceeds to write a message back, ignoring the second topic of conversation as if he or she were
talking to someone else. You respond in the same fashion and the two of you have two seperate messaging conversations at the same time until some point one topic is dropped or the messaging ends altogether.
Example:
I was messaging Bill earlier and it was total
doublespeak
Example
You: Want to see a movie later?
Me: Sure, what film?
Me again: Did you see how hot
Kyla looked in those yoga pants today?
You: How about 'Spaceballs?'
You: Yeah man, she has some hot curves!
Me: Meet you downtown around eight?
Me: She sure does, those pants are so tight i bet she uses
paint thinner to take them off
Corporate Doublespeak
by OneWhoKnowsBetter on Apr 12, 2012 00:03:16
If you have ever had a credit card company lose your payment you have probably experienced
corporate doublespeak.
A good example; You get a
late notice from your credit card company. Instead of paying the minimum you pay the entire account off. Afterward they keep sending late notices and making phone calls. You phone them, you e-mail them, and you even send letters by snail mail to them.
All responses you receive from them are in lawyer language. They admit nothing and say nothing that makes any sense except to say that you are late with your payment and you will be reported to the
credit bureau. Then mysteriously two weeks after payment had been sent electronically to them the payment posts and the calls end.
Example:
Wife: Why are we still getting those calls from
the credit card company?
Husband: I paid them off a week ago but they say I did not. I have called them and e-mailed them. At first they act like
I am lying. Then after they keep me on hold for a long time their tone turns cautious and they start talking in
corporate doublespeak.