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Exposing Deliberate Pollution of the English Language: Spinspeak Rots the Mind.










“Bury forever what some Neanderthals call the language of reality. We know that breeds nothing but envy and hate and fear and conflict. Bring home the language of happiness. We know that brings all of us together in a great multi-cultural bouillabaisse...”

  • --Spinmeister-in-Chief Marvin Runnymede, Ultimate Severance
  • “Too bad about his terrible accident. Always hard on da family.”

  • --Mobster Joey “the Boy” Lasagna, Ultimate Severance

  • Some Latest Spinspeak Mintings for the Spinspeak II Supplement:

    earmarks=innocent-sounding congressional cosmeticspeak for vaguely related pork inserted into legislation on behalf of a legislator’s constituencies and/or “contributing” special interests.

    buzz marketing=adspeak for word of mouth promotion via paid talkers

    miscount=universal fuzzball for excusing deliberately slanted numerical reports as a simple mistake

    hedonic adaptation=psychobabble for rapid deterioration of happiness and return to general dissatisfaction after something good occurs in your life such as a raise in pay, a promotion or demise of a rich aunt.














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    :: Thursday, February 20, 2003 ::

    Cutespeak in the Sand


    The American military is reported by the Wall Street Journal to be planning to use live chickens to detect poison gas in Iraq.

    As miners once carried canaries down dangerous mine shafts to detect gas, U.S. troops will transport cages of chickens into the desert. The program codename: KFC for Kuwaiti Fried Chicken.


    :: James Baar 2/20/2003 04:30:00 PM [+] ::
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