Person A) U R teh best man!
Person B) Don't you mean "YOU ARE THE best, man"?
Person A) That's what I just SAID. DUH.
Person B) Don't you mean "YOU ARE THE best, man"?
Person A) That's what I just SAID. DUH.
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I netspeak, on occasion, with well known people such as Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg and the great mushroom in the sky.
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1. n. Confusing and meaningless diction used by the media to mitigate the appearance of problems.
2. n. Contrary manner of speaking which can generally be understood by negating the apparent meaning of a statement.
This word is closely related to the word spin but differs in that newsspeak can refer specifically to the term used by the media. The word newsspeak is a play on the word newspeak, the fictional language in George Orwell's 1984 designed to prevent people from understanding how the world works.
2. n. Contrary manner of speaking which can generally be understood by negating the apparent meaning of a statement.
This word is closely related to the word spin but differs in that newsspeak can refer specifically to the term used by the media. The word newsspeak is a play on the word newspeak, the fictional language in George Orwell's 1984 designed to prevent people from understanding how the world works.
1. Explanation of usage:
"Did you hear the latest newsspeak from the Fed? Dual Mandate Objective... it's the Fed's two-goal policy of both creating jobs, which means lending money at low interest rates, and keeping the dollar strong, which means lending money at high interest rates—obviously conflicting objectives—which allows the Fed to engage in massive, economy-crushing bailouts and other such activities of dubious moral propriety."
2. Explanation of usage:
"This newsspeak is really confusing! The media are saying the economy is turning around, but stock market dropped 1000 points this week."
Explanation of concept:
The concept of newsspeak is best explained by example:
What news ticker says: "President Obama says 10,000 troops to be withdrawn from Iraq this month."
What news ticker means: President Obama will withdraw 10,000 troops from Iraq and send 30,000 more to Afghanistan.
"Did you hear the latest newsspeak from the Fed? Dual Mandate Objective... it's the Fed's two-goal policy of both creating jobs, which means lending money at low interest rates, and keeping the dollar strong, which means lending money at high interest rates—obviously conflicting objectives—which allows the Fed to engage in massive, economy-crushing bailouts and other such activities of dubious moral propriety."
2. Explanation of usage:
"This newsspeak is really confusing! The media are saying the economy is turning around, but stock market dropped 1000 points this week."
Explanation of concept:
The concept of newsspeak is best explained by example:
What news ticker says: "President Obama says 10,000 troops to be withdrawn from Iraq this month."
What news ticker means: President Obama will withdraw 10,000 troops from Iraq and send 30,000 more to Afghanistan.
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