This week’s theme
Words from 1984 that are now a part of the language

This week’s words
newspeak
doublethink
Big Brother
unperson
oldspeak


This week’s comments
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Next week’s theme
Words that sound dirty

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(OLD-speek)

MEANING:

noun: Normal English usage, as opposed to propagandist, euphemistic, or obfuscatory language.

ETYMOLOGY:

From George Orwell’s 1949 novel 1984. Earliest documented use: 1949.

USAGE:

“It quickly became apparent at the conference, however, that terms like psychedelic and hallucinogen are pretty much oldspeak. The neologism of the moment is entheogen -- meaning ‘the divine within’ -- at least at this conference.”
Richard Gehr; The State of the Stone; The Village Voice (New York); Nov 5, 1996.

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