Why not follow this to its logical conclusion? Remove all synonyms Example: fine -> good Remove antonyms and just negate the word Example: bad -> ungo

Why not follow this to its logical conclusion? Remove all synonyms Example: fine -> good Remove antonyms and just negate the word Example: bad -> ungood Remove special-case nouns: just combine a noun and one or more adjectives to reach the same meaning with fewer fundamental words. Example: great -> doubleplusgood; murder -> collateral damage We could call this doubleplusgood language newspeak.