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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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:: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 ::
Turkey with a Side-order of Spinspeak Is Still Turkey
And now to go with your big holiday turkey here is some newly-minted post-election spinspeak.
realist = political fogspeak for “it’s OK to give away the farm to the enemy as long as we can get the boys home for Christmas.”
situation = cosmeticspeak for a war that you would like to make disappear and that you are politically committed to lose.
ill-advised = corporatespeak for a disastrous and truly stupid idea from which you wish to extricate yourself with a shed or two of grace.
engage = forked-tonguetalk for suggesting that you can somehow wheedle concessions out of an opponent who already has deprived you of your trousers.
:: James Baar 11/22/2006 03:05:00 PM [+] ::
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