This isn't a recent trend; it's as old as language. Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" is required reading. http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/polit

This isn't a recent trend; it's as old as language. Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" is required reading. http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit