doublespeak
Noun
- any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
- Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
Examples
- The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.
Origin / Etymology
From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.
Synonyms
double talk
Scrabble Score: 20
doublespeak: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddoublespeak: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
doublespeak: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 24
doublespeak: valid Words With Friends Word