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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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:: Monday, August 29, 2005 ::

Griefshield: Spin's New Body Armor

The Cindy Sheehan Follies in the Mainstream Media News Ditch outside of President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, TX, provides the Spinspeak Fighters Legion with codification of a new technical Spin Class falling under the Phyla Lookspin and Soundspin.

The new Spin Class is griefshield.

Griefshield is obtained by finding legitimate victims of tragedy and exploiting them as human shields for political or commercial purposes or both. Spinmeisters find griefshield particularly effective in bullet-proofing for retreading and reuse previously discredited spinspeak.

This special feature of griefshield -- the giving of new life to old spin -- is, of course, a major economic boon to the Spindoc Industtry.

:: James Baar 8/29/2005 10:23:00 AM [+] ::
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