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One of my first gigs out of college was to build a thesaurus for a government agency that would go through their documents and update outdated and politically
by notenoughbeans 7y ago
One of my first gigs out of college was to build a thesaurus for a government agency that would go through their documents and update outdated and politically incorrect terms with a newer and less offensive alternative. It was interesting to see how language evolved over time.
- goodfight 7y agoSounds like you worked in a literal 1984 scenario
- wtdata 7y agoExactly, this is the definition of Newspeak in Orwell's book.
- kspacewalk 7y agoSo replacing "lunatic asylum" with "mental institution" and " Negros" with "African Americans" is Orwellian?