oldspeak · noun1
From Oldspeak, coined by George Orwell in 1949. Equivalent to old + speak.
Oldspeak · proper noun, noun2
From old + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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oldspeak
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