Newspeak
A term that combines two contradicting words, not to convey meaning but to undermine its true meaning, from the novel 1984.
Newspeak by OnisionisCool May 20, 2018
Newspeak
Alternative uses, alterations or additions to normal vocabulary.
I.e. "slang" "urban dictionary definition"
In direct contrast to the Orwellian definition of the concept.
I.e. "slang" "urban dictionary definition"
In direct contrast to the Orwellian definition of the concept.
Newspeak by Spacegoatee January 3, 2023
newspeak liberal
A socialist (or more generally, a person that loves government taxing "the rich" and helping the poor) that doesn't want to identify as such. He or she gets inspiration from George Orwell' 1984 by torturing the language and using a word meaning "free" to hide their authoritarian intents.
In the U.S., self-identified liberals are really newspeak liberals as they favor government intervention and collective rights. In Europe, liberals are truer to their origins, i.e. in favor of limited government and individual rights - they would be called libertarian in the U.S.
newspeak liberal by Gray Sheep December 9, 2014
Trumpian Newspeak
Trumpian Newspeak by Puha March 3, 2020
netspeak
Speaking in ways commonly used to converse in text on the internet.
Including but not limited to; the (often unnecessary) abbreviation of words, acronyms special characters (@,~), numbers (l33tsp33k), *actions*, /me command, "ooc" and other RP references, emotes, ASCII, Real or Pseudo Programming Code, and HTML tags
The recent popular use of text messaging on cell phones seems to have made the shortening of words much more common than ever before.
Also: netspeek, netsp33k, n37sp33k, and other variations.
Including but not limited to; the (often unnecessary) abbreviation of words, acronyms special characters (@,~), numbers (l33tsp33k), *actions*, /me command, "ooc" and other RP references, emotes, ASCII, Real or Pseudo Programming Code, and HTML tags
The recent popular use of text messaging on cell phones seems to have made the shortening of words much more common than ever before.
Also: netspeek, netsp33k, n37sp33k, and other variations.
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