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Exposing Deliberate Pollution of the English Language:
Spinspeak Rots the Mind. |
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“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, October 17, 2004 ::
God Spin
Sen. John Kerry, risking violation of the Third Commandment, has taken up the multiple invocation of “God” as newly-minted spin in the penultimate days of the presidential campaign.
Translation: fuzzball aimed at any voter who possibly may care (and polls show there are a lot of them) that deep down inside Kerry is a religious guy as proven by his often repeated reminder that not only did he serve in Viet Nam but he had an earlier tour of duty as an altar boy when attending prep school in Switzerland. “But” (wink, wink) Kerry fully “understands” and “recognizes” the right of so many of his religion-loathing supporters to think what they think about Bush and other Bible-reading Christians.
:: James Baar 10/17/2004 11:54:00 AM [+] ::
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