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1984 as Doublethink
10 days ago
by Deniz Cem Önduygu
It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn’t only the synonyms; there are also the antonyms. After all, what justification is there for a word which is simply the ...
Phylomeny - denizcemonduygu.com/blog · 4 references
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Orwell would be proud… Newspeak is spreading!
11 days ago
by Hans Hirschi
George Orwell, the man himself Have you noticed how Newspeak is spreading like a bush fire? Not sure if it is like this in all languages, but certainly in Swedish, new words are making their way into the language all the time. And I'm not talking about natural occurrences like "google", but governme ...
Tumbleweed's World - blog.hirschi.se · Rank: 148,058 · 3 references
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A Síria na Rede
11 days ago
by Alor
E o que tem produzir uma crónica actualizada, um registo pertinente de redes políticas que efectivamente acompanhe as trajectórias desferidas in loco, quando batem deveras a difusão mediática (intermediária) informativa tributária da monocultura agenciada (AFPs, Reuters & the likes de CNNs, FOXs, BB ...
antandalusufi - antandalusufi.blogspot.com
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Dik
12 days ago
by Spaink
Voorlichting – of modieuzer, bewustwording – helpt dus geen klap. Kun je iets anders concluderen wanneer na jarenlange promotie van de schijf van vijf en allerlei andere campagnes om toch vooral gezond te eten, blijkt dat we met ons allen alleen maar dikker worden? Zelfs de media, die altijd worden ...
Karin Spaink - spaink.net · 69 references
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DoubleWork
21 days ago
by Dan Air
The world of DoubleWork I've noticed more and more that if I want to get anything done lately I have to do it at least twice, I call this doublework, it’s a new word in the Orwellian Newspeak dictionary. Example; I get off of the tube and notice most of the money on my oyster card is missing, I chec ...
Go do stuff - godostuff.blogspot.com
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Oh... Oooooh PIPA.
25 days ago
by Whatever
Pirated from http://derelictquestion.blogspot.com/ Summer 2011 kicked off with a royal bang. And by "royal bang", I naturally mean the Royal Bang of the Royal Wedding, which for was like the Kardashian wedding for the US but with horse drawn carriages and even wilder hats. I hadn't heard about it un ...
¡Mira! Hartford - mirahartford.net · Rank: 119,035 · 14 references
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