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Topic Options #122953 - 02/15/04 03:43 PM doublethink wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Sun Jan 16 00:19:21 EST 2000 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--doublethink doublethink (DUB-uhl-thingk) noun Thought marked by the acceptance of gross contradictions and falsehoods, especially when used as a technique of self-indoctrination. [Double + think, coined by George Orwell in his novel "1984" (1949) Top #122954 - 02/15/04 07:48 PM Re: doublethink Fiberbabe old hand Registered: 01/12/01 Posts: 771 Loc: Portland, Oregon Derivative of "doublespeak" somehow, no? Which came first, dare I ask? Top #122955 - 02/19/04 09:39 AM Re: doublethink maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 I'm not sure about the variation of doublespeak (recognised like all of this group as both hyphenated and unhyphenated in form) but 'double talk' is earlier and of US provenance: 1938 New York Panorama (Amer. Guide Ser.) vi. 156 Of late a humorously conceived system of language corruption called double talk+has made itself felt. OED2 Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210119 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (Tromboniator), 51 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 68 wofahulicodoc 67 jenny jenny 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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