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doublethink 

"To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morally while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy, to forget, whatever it was necessary to forget, then draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forger it again, and above all, to apply the same process to the process itself--that was the ultimate subtlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word "doublethink" involved the use of doublethink."
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doubleplusgood 

very, very good. from Orwell's "1984." as opposed to "plusgood," which means very good, and "good," which simply means, "good."

From a fictitious language called "Newspeak." Using Newspeak instead of English was supposed to prevent "thoughtcrime." (q.v.)
Oh, they renewed the Patriot Act? Doubleplusgood!

doubleplus 

1. A prefix used to create the superlative form of an adjective or adverb. Also used for emphasis to stress an idea/emotion. Is superior to the prefix "plus."
ex.
doubleplusgood = fantastic/wonderful/amazing/etc.
plusgood = great/fine/better/etc.

This term originated from George Orwell's novel, 1984 as a part of the modified English language of Newspeak. In the book, doubleplus was used to eliminate "unnecessary" words to limit one's vocabulary/ability to express.
from the book...
"If you want a stronger version of "good", what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like "excellent" and "splendid" and all the rest of them? "Plusgood" covers the meaning, or "doubleplusgood" if you want something stronger still. "

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Larry: Did you just see that three pointer I just made? It was doubleplussweet.

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Gregizor: Our IB internal assessment is due tomorrow!? This is doublepluslame!!

doubleplusungood 

adj: really, really bad.
Taken from the book 1984, where language is disintegrating, people build words using smaller words. The make-up of this word is as follows:
doubleplus - as opposed to just 'plus', which would mean 'really'
ungood - opposite of 'good', or 'bad'
That movie was doubleplusungood, it was horrible!

doublelift 

verb.

To facecheck nearby bushes for enemies.
"Dude, don't doublelift that bush!

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WTF! YOU JUST GAVE THEM FIRST BLOOD!"
doublelift by Iext June 19, 2011

Doublefinish 

The strongest swear word known to man inside the world of darts forums. Blocked by swear filters on other sites due to the poison contained therein
Doublefinish is the greatest and busiest darts forum on earth

Don't go on Doublefinish please guys, its full of poison and naughty words
Doublefinish by Bradders180 July 29, 2010

doublethink 

Newspeak word, and the most important pillar of Ingsoc. Doublethink is the ability to hold two contradictory opinions at the same time without noticing the contradiction. It also refers to the mind trick to accept the changes to history made by the Party, and in accepting them, forgetting that the mind trick was ever performed, and then forgetting the forgetting, etc.
"Ashes. Not even identifiable ashes. Dust. It does not exist. It never existed."
"But it did exist! It does exist! It exists in memory. I remember it. You remember it."
"I do not remember it," said O'Brien.