newspeak

Language of Ingsoc, a fictional empire in the book 1984. The language was meant to eliminate all words deemed as nonsence, and was created to eliminate certain words, so dissent could not be expressed nor communicated



newspeak

by Last on Apr 29, 2005 14:49:09

n. Orwell's attempt to alert us that the English language is easily manipulated. Many new terms are created every year while many more are eliminated or have their meanings altered.
Example:
Discrimination:

oldspeak. adj. The ability to choose wisely between alternatives.

newspeak. n. The act of bias against a person or group. Prejudice.


newspeak

by minitruth on Jan 14, 2010 09:12:59

Newspeak ref doubleplusgood. Oldspeak ref doubleplusungood. Newspeak ref 1984. 1984 ref George Orwell. George Orwell ref doubleplusungood. People ref George taken miniluv reeducate. BB Tripleplusgood. Winston doubleplusungood.
Example:
Oldspeak ref crimethink. Crimethink ref doubleplusungood. Minitruth use Newspeak. Newspeak doubleplusgood.


Newspeak

by Andy on May 02, 2004 14:16:27

In George Orwell's dystopia "Nineteen Eighty-Four", Newspeak was the corrupted/purged language everyone was supposed to speak according to the totalitarian dictatorship which ran everything. Words with subversive potential and those which had unclear meanings were eliminated, along with references to the past. The attempt was to bring language, and therefore thought, into line with the wishes of the rulers.

It is also used to refer to any instance of politically-invented language put out through apparatuses of propaganda and social control or by spindoctors.

Words like people-trafficker, collateral damage and downsizing are examples of real-world Newspeak.
Example:
This doesn't mean you shouldn't make up new words. Nor does it mean that every political or invented word should be suspect. The point is that new words should expand meaning, not contract it. If a word is used to cover up abuses by the powerful or to manipulate people in favour of the existing regime, it's Newspeak.


Newspeak

by Belisarius on Mar 03, 2004 04:45:34

Contrived language of Oceania from George Orwell's "1984." It uses many English words, albeit with a greatly simplified vocabulary and sentence structure. The elimination of synonyms and antonyms helped this process. It was created in attempt to influence the thought of Oceania's citizens and make it impossible to express thoughts dangerous to Ingsoc (Newspeak for English Socialism). Today this is recognized as political correctness.

Examples:

Minitruth="Ministry of Truth" (Oceanian propaganda ministry)
Ungood="bad"
Doubleplusgood="excellent"
Doublethink=the ability to hold two contradictory thoughts at a time
B-B="Big Brother", ie the State

These translations give a rough estimate of some general rules when using Newspeak.
Example:
Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.


newspeak liberal

by Gray Sheep on Dec 10, 2014 01:29:26

A socialist (or more generally, a person that loves government taxing "the rich" and helping the poor) that doesn't want to identify as such. He or she gets inspiration from George Orwell' 1984 by torturing the language and using a word meaning "free" to hide their authoritarian intents.
Example:
In the U.S., self-identified liberals are really newspeak liberals as they favor government intervention and collective rights. In Europe, liberals are truer to their origins, i.e. in favor of limited government and individual rights - they would be called libertarian in the U.S.


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