How to pronounce doublespeak
American English pronunciation
DUB-ul-speek
- IPA
- /ˈdʌbəlˌspik/
- Syllables
- DUB · ul · speek (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What doublespeak means
Language meant to hide or twist the truth
In a sentence: The ad's doublespeak called the smaller box new and improved so no one would notice.
Where it comes from: It was made up in the 1950s in the style of Newspeak, a made-up language in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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