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Orwellian newspeak definitely expanded the dictionary in doubleplusungood ways, including redefining existing terms to mean the opposite ("WAR IS PEACE, SLAVERY
by kbutler 4y ago
Orwellian newspeak definitely expanded the dictionary in doubleplusungood ways, including redefining existing terms to mean the opposite ("WAR IS PEACE, SLAVERY IS FREEDOM" - words are violence, silence is violence, facts are misinformation, racism is only whites oppressing people of color), and by crushing any opposing wrongthink and oldspeak thoughtcrime, the Ministry could easily gather "real world examples of use" and fill petitions with doubleplusgoodspeak doublethink petitioners as desired, whether Orwell described that process or not.
But are we trending toward a Brave New World rather than Oceania?