Perhaps this is a cultural thing, but doublespeak seems to be prevalent even in casual conversation
What’s that “Kids Online Safety Bill” thing in the USA right now?
Any examples in particular?
Yeah, any example will do.
That was more for you to provide an example so we know exactly what you are looking for?
Whether intentional or not their reply was hilarious.
And OP just read 1984.
/post [mic drop]
Its going to get funnier the longer he avoids answering lol. In my mind, he could be referring to anything from double speak (doublethink), double entendres, puns, double meanings, etc. He needs to show some of his thinking so we can answer intelligently
1984 was doublethink, not doublespeak
“War is Peace” is doublespeak; an inherent contradiction. Anybody can say it and still see the contradiction and believe that it isn’t true. Doublethink is the internalization of that doublespeak. A Party member says it and sees no contradiction. Deep in their hearts, they understand that to be in a never ending war is to experience neverending peace.
All that to say that doublespeak was certainly a thing in the novel, as it labours on the distinction between doublespeak and doublethink.
Maybe OP didn’t just read it then. Maybe, like me, they read it years ago and misremembered
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All the time.
Discourse analysis ruined my life.In special, the sort of doublespeak where someone lists something as a bonus of whatever the person defends, but as a malus for what he doesn’t like. Often through different and partially overlapping words, such as one program being “traditional and tested” and another “archaic and outdated”. Or one politician being “in sync with the voters” and another being “a demagogue”.
However on the internet I feel like doublespeak is becoming less and less of a concern, because willingful stupidity is often more efficient, as it capitalises on Brandolini’s Law.
I assume you mean just subtly mentioning something without outright saying it. That’s just a social skill, since some things are better said that way.
On the other hand, equivocation is the bastion of cowards and simpletons.
Whilst this has some truth to it, it is a gross oversimplification
Then, what do you mean with double speak
I assume they mean like that one barenaked ladies song where they sing real fast but it isn’t rapping.
In the 1984-sense, daily at work.
Not being hyperbolic, but almost every single time I have to speak with or am spoken to by a manager/GM at work. HR at all large companies I have ever worked for as well.
