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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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:: Sunday, April 06, 2003 ::

Spinspeak from the Battlefield

The following definitions are provided to aid careful readers and viewers in following events in Iraq:

attrited = Pentagontalk for blow up and kill.

deteriorated = Pentagontalk for bombed into disarray, retreat and surrender.

destroyed = Pentagontalk for referring to an army division that now resembles the efficiency of the average motor vehicle bureau but may have a few guys with guns and other dangerous toys hiding in the bushes.

isolated island = Muslim fantasyspeak for a victorious military unit.

trapped = Muslim fantasyspeak for a victorious army.

polytheists = Muslim Halloweentalk for infidel Western Civilization, a transmogrification of the ancient Islamic epithet for the fellow Arabs defeated by Mohammed in the 7th Century.

Badr = Muslim fantasyspeak adjective employed to try to add ancient religious fervor to whatever it is applied no matter how opprobrious. Evocative of the critical Battle of Badr in 624 AD at which Mohammed (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) obliterated his principal Arab foes, the original keepers of the Ka’bah at Mecca.

:: James Baar 4/06/2003 11:35:00 AM [+] ::
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