Doublespeak Defined

Doublespeak Defined
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Publisher : HarperPB
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 0062734121
ISBN-13 : 9780062734129
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Book Synopsis Doublespeak Defined by : William D. Lutz

Download or read book Doublespeak Defined written by William D. Lutz and published by HarperPB. This book was released on 1999-07-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an increasingly Orwellian world, everyone should be armed with this hilarious, slyly subversive deconstruction of the slippery locutions of spinmeisters from all walks of public life. Doublespeak guru William Lutz (Doublespeak, The New Doublespeak) is uniquely qualified to bring you this supremely funny expos‚ of the juiciest ways THEY are trying to bamboozle you! A sampling of Doublespeak Defined: Bald n./ :hair disadvantaged Men in Japan aren't bald; they're "hair disadvantaged," according to The Japan Economic Journal. Diet n./ :1.nutrional avoidance therapy 2. caloric reduction program Frozen adj./ :1 deep chilled 2. fresh 3. hard chilled 4. previously frozen The USDA considers processed chickens "fresh," not frozen, if they have been chilled to 28 degrees Fahrenheit. Chickens so processed have not been frozen but "deep chilled." Light Switch n./ :ideogram illumination intensity adjustment potentiometer Waste paper basket n./ :user-friendly, space-effective, flexible desk side sortation unit Government officials in Toronto, Canada, paid $123.80 (Canadian) each for these items.


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