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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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:: Friday, September 03, 2004 ::

Never Mind that It Walks and Quacks, that’s Just Anger

Two spinballs being hurled by Democrats at Republican National Convention critics are “anger” and “questioning patriotism.”

The first, “anger,” is psychobabble for the obvious mental disorder of people who keep bringing up unpleasant facts and history. "Anger" is in the same spinspeak family as "mean spirited" -- much favored by onetime presidential hopeful MIchael Dukakis.

The second, “questioning patriotism,” is smearspeak for changing the subject and besmirching anyone with the audacity to mention a record of anti-military behavior and appeasement.

Chamberlain’s reluctance to build up Britain's military and his signing of the disastrous Munich Pact with Hitler wasn’t unpatriotic. But, as Churchill kept pointing out, it was appeasement. And it was dumb.

:: James Baar 9/03/2004 09:22:00 AM [+] ::
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