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| 921.1 | From Ground Zero | CSC32::K_KINNEY | | Fri Dec 29 1989 14:45 | 5 |
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WINNABLE nuclear war? isn't that an oxymoron? *8^}
kim
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| 921.2 | does this count? | GEMVAX::KOTTLER | | Fri Dec 29 1989 14:47 | 2 |
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casualty --> dead person, killed in battle (or otherwise?)
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| 921.3 | | STAR::BECK | Paul Beck | Fri Dec 29 1989 14:48 | 1 |
| And here I thought "oxymoron" was what people with low IQs used to treat acne.
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| 921.4 | FYI - lots more in VISA::JOYOFLEX | VALKYR::RUST | | Fri Dec 29 1989 16:26 | 1 |
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| 921.5 | | TINCUP::KOLBE | The dilettante debutante | Sat Dec 30 1989 13:34 | 1 |
| Peacekeeper ---> nuclear missle
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| 921.6 | | 2EASY::CONLIFFE | Cthulhu Barata Nikto | Tue Jan 02 1990 09:46 | 3 |
| Freedom Fighter : terrorist, but on our side
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| 921.7 | Predicting the end of 800 numbers soon... | STAR::BECK | Paul Beck | Tue Jan 02 1990 14:03 | 7 |
| Seen on TV recently, sort of fits this category -
"Send for your FREE information pack..."
- by dialing this 900 number, which the small print reveals
will cost you $6.00
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| 921.8 | More | USEM::DONOVAN | | Wed Jan 03 1990 11:44 | 4 |
| Trash TV--> Talk show sensationalism
Pro-life--> Anti-abortion (please don't flame this. It's just an
example of 80's acronyms.)
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| 921.9 | tanstaafl | ELRIC::MARSHALL | hunting the snark | Thu Jan 04 1990 00:38 | 13 |
| re .7:
FREE has indeed been doublespeak for quite some time. "Buy two, get one
free". The third one is clearly not _free_ since in order to get it you
have to buy the first two. Why can't they just say that today 3 costs x,
whereas yesterday x would only buy 2?
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| 921.10 | | GEMVAX::KOTTLER | | Mon Jan 08 1990 13:10 | 1 |
| man --> human
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| 921.11 | Real Doublespeak | TLE::AURENZ | Scot, DTN 381-0616, zko2-3/n30 | Mon Jan 08 1990 13:37 | 26 |
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re: .9
Right you are! This is "real" doublespeak, at least in the sense
that Mr. Orwell uses it in *1984*.
I think most of the terms in .0 are EUPHEMISMS, instead of doublespeak.
Euphemisms soften, or downplay, unpleasant topics:
* "revenue enhancement" vs. "taxes"
* "outplacement" vs. "layoff"
A Doublespeak term, on the other hand, is in DIRECT CONFLICT with the
concept being described! This is much more dangerous and deceptive
than the simply vague or pompous euphemisms.
Some examples from *1984* are:
* "memory hole" -- a trash can
You put things you want to FORGET into the memory hole.
* "Ministry of Truth"
The government department of propaganda (LIES).
I would add to this, the popular notion that we can SAVE money
by SPENDING it (as in a sales promotion)!
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| 921.12 | the pictures were nice | DECWET::JWHITE | ohio sons of the revolution | Mon Jan 15 1990 20:50 | 10 |
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from Life magazine, circa 1957
'All evidence indicates that the position of women in Minoan society
was free and, in many ways, quite modern. The women enjoyed a social
status equivalent to men. Within the Minoan religion the chief deities
were goddesses, and the secular art of Crete depicts women at public
festivals, mingling in crowds, appearing with men in athletic events.
Their faces are saucy, impudent and flirtatious.'
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