617 definitions by AnDY
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.
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.
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.
by AnDY May 2, 2004
A subterranean Agarashi. That means it's an ugly demonic thing with lots ot tentacles. Should be in an anime film but isn't (it's in book one of Joe Dever's Lone Wolf series, hiding under a hill). Pretty low combat skill, definitely beatable.
You have come to a hill. Do you want to:
1) go under the hill and get eaten by a Burrowcrawler, or
2) climb the hill and get eaten by a Kraan instead?
1) go under the hill and get eaten by a Burrowcrawler, or
2) climb the hill and get eaten by a Kraan instead?
by AnDY April 18, 2004
1) Westron (English) name for the Mumak, an elephant or elephant-like monster used in battle by the Haradrim in Lord of the Rings.
2) In Dungeons and Dragons, a larger and more powerful creature similar to an elephant.
2) In Dungeons and Dragons, a larger and more powerful creature similar to an elephant.
by AnDY May 12, 2004
Any asain imported car were the owner does only changes the cosmetics of the car and does not do any performance modifications.
Putting a wing on the car or getting a body kit before putting in a cold air intake or any other performance parts
by AnDY June 2, 2003
My sister is possessed of an almost Orkish intelligence.
My maths teacher was babbling again, I think he might have been speaking Orkish.
My maths teacher was babbling again, I think he might have been speaking Orkish.
by AnDY April 18, 2004