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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!
by Susie Asado May 27, 2006
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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!
by The Skunk June 1, 2005
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Jimmy thought the movie was doubleplusungood, since it starred Ben Affleck.
by Dragonspirit1 May 26, 2005
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