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| Author | : Leslie Starr O'Hara |
| Publisher | : Free Patriot Press |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2010-11-01 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780984203741 |
regulation n. An official rule written by a monkey with a Master's Degree, and therefore carrying the force of law." preemptive strike n. A blow or punch delivered by military aircraft to a target who is suspected of being adverse to one's plot for world domination." terrorism n. Violence for political purposes or the politically motivated threat of violence which, either intentionally or unintentionally, challenges the state's monopoly on political violence. The Doublespeak Dictionary satirizes the marked difference between the ideal of "We the People" and the reality of "We the Elite," while offering an insightful glimpse into the clockworks of the totalitarian mind. Ever irreverent but never irrelevant, Leslie Starr O'Hara's first book serves as a subversive and humorous but timely reminder that the Emperor has no clothes. The Doublespeak Dictionary won the 1st Annual LAVA Awards Lysander Spooner (Book of the Year) Award
| Author | : Paul Wasserman |
| Publisher | : Capital Books |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9781933102078 |
With more than 1,200 terms, this A to Z dictionary is a hard-hitting, politically savvy translation of all those evasions, put-on-holds, distortions, circumventions, obfuscations, and misleading terms used by government, businesses, and the media.
| Author | : William D. Lutz |
| Publisher | : HarperPB |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 1999-07-07 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780062734129 |
In an increasingly Orwellian world, everyone should be armed with this hilarious, slyly subversive deconstruction of the slippery locutions of spinmeisters from all walks of public life. Doublespeak guru William Lutz (Doublespeak, The New Doublespeak) is uniquely qualified to bring you this supremely funny expos‚ of the juiciest ways THEY are trying to bamboozle you! A sampling of Doublespeak Defined: Bald n./ :hair disadvantaged Men in Japan aren't bald; they're "hair disadvantaged," according to The Japan Economic Journal. Diet n./ :1.nutrional avoidance therapy 2. caloric reduction program Frozen adj./ :1 deep chilled 2. fresh 3. hard chilled 4. previously frozen The USDA considers processed chickens "fresh," not frozen, if they have been chilled to 28 degrees Fahrenheit. Chickens so processed have not been frozen but "deep chilled." Light Switch n./ :ideogram illumination intensity adjustment potentiometer Waste paper basket n./ :user-friendly, space-effective, flexible desk side sortation unit Government officials in Toronto, Canada, paid $123.80 (Canadian) each for these items.
| Author | : William Lutz |
| Publisher | : Ig Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016-01-12 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9781632460172 |
Describes the four different types of doublespeak (euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, and inflated language).
| Author | : Henry Beard |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : |
Newly expanded and up-to-the-minute, a bestselling guide to survival in multicultural America in the sensitive 1990s. Includes even more real and satirical definitions to help keep thought cops away. Illustrated throughout.
| Author | : William Lutz |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : |
This book probes the efforts at manipulation individuals face daily in this information age and the tactics of persuaders from many sectors of society using various forms of Orwellian "doublespeak." The book contains the following essays: (1) "Notes toward a Definition of Doublespeak" (William Lutz); (2) "Truisms Are True: Orwell's View of Language" (Walker Gibson); (3) "Mr. Orwell, Mr. Schlesinger, and the Language" (Hugh Rank); (4) "What Do We Know?" (Charles Weingartner); (5) "The Dangers of Singlespeak" (Edward M. White); (6) "The Fallacies of Doublespeak" (Dennis Rohatyn); (7) "Doublespeak and Ethics" (George R. Bramer); (8) "Post-Orwellian Refinements of Doublethink: Will the Real Big Brother Please Stand Up?" (Donald Lazere); (9) "Worldthink" (Richard Ohmann); (10)"'Bullets Hurt, Corpses Stink': George Orwell and the Language of Warfare" (Harry Brent); (11) "Political Language: The Art of Saying Nothing" (Dan F. Hahn); (12) "Fiddle-Faddle, Flapdoodle, and Balderdash: Some Thoughts about Jargon" (Frank J. D'Angelo); (13) "How to Read an Ad: Learning to Read between the Lies" (D. G. Kehl); (14) "Subliminal Chainings: Metonymical Doublespeak in Advertising" (Don L. F. Nilsen); (15) "Doublespeak and the Polemics of Technology" (Scott Buechler); (16) "Make Money, Not Sense: Keep Academia Green" (Julia Penelope); (17) "Sensationspeak in America" (Roy F. Fox); and (18) "The Pop Grammarians--Good Intentions, Silly Ideas, and Doublespeak" (Charles Suhor). Three appendixes are attached: "The George Orwell Awards,""The Doublespeak Award," and "The Quarterly Review of Doublespeak." (MS)
| Author | : Hugh Rawson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9780785816935 |
A compilation of linguistic fig leaves and verbal flourishes for artful users of the English language.
| Author | : Hugh Rawson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Norman Solomon |
| Publisher | : Laurel |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : |
Just in time for the height of the 1992 presidential campaign, an essential dictionary for anyone seeking to understand the political doubletalk. Includes examples taken from actual speeches of politicians from Abe Lincoln to George Bush. Solomon co-authored Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media.
| Author | : Katrina vanden Heuvel |
| Publisher | : Nation Books |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2005-10-27 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 9781560257899 |
George W. Bush, a self-proclaimed straight-talking Texan, has been roundly lampooned for his weak grasp of the English language: "subliminable," "resignate," and transformationed" being only a few of his malapropisms. As ridiculous as Bush sometimes sounds, we shouldn't underestimate him or the right-wingers who put him in power, because they never say what they mean or mean what they say. Over the past few decades, the radical right has engaged in a well-funded, self-conscious program of Orwellian doublespeak, transforming American political discourse to suit their political ends. "Private accounts" became "personal accounts." "Massachusetts liberal" was used to slur John Kerry's record. And their "compassionate conservative" tax cuts were neither conservative nor compassionate, unless you happen to be a Republican fat cat. Sick and tired of their sinister deceptions, celebrated Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel set out to explode their verbal gymnastics by asking her readers to suggest satirical definitions of Republican jargon. The result was a grassroots groundswell of hilarious submissions from Americans who are mad as hell and aren't going to take it any more. She has collected the best in this very funny and very necessary book.
