Etymology

newspeak

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Today it means: Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials. Full definition →

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newspeak · noun1

From Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in 1949. Equivalent to new + speak.

Newspeak · proper noun, noun2

From new + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The programming language was so named because of its “shrinkable” design, following Orwell's idea of a continually diminishing vocabulary in Newspeak.

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