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To: stoney
new•speak ('nü-"spEk, 'nyü-), noun, Usage: often capitalized. : propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings. Etymology: Newspeak, a language "designed to diminish the range of thought," in the novel 1984 (1949) by George Orwell. Date: 1950
19 posted on 03/26/2004 8:44:20 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo
"Newspeak, a language "designed to diminish the range of thought," in the novel 1984 (1949) by George Orwell."

The whole concept of a Department of Peace is certainly quite Orwellian...seriously, I'd like to see Hanoi Jean's stance on the DemonRAT-proposed DOP.

FReegards...MUD

21 posted on 03/26/2004 9:47:23 PM PST by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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