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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread doublethink #122953 02/15/2004 8:43 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doublethink #122954 02/16/2004 12:48 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Derivative of "doublespeak" somehow, no? Which came first, dare I ask? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doublethink #122955 02/19/2004 2:39 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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