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Newspeak

A Dictionary of Jargon

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George Orwell coined the term ' Newspeak' for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance. For this dictionary, first published to herald the year 1984, Jonathon Green compiled nearly 8, 000 entries ' selected from the slangs and specific vocabularies of trades, professions and interests ' covering such areas as the world of entertainment, the media, the military economics, and finance. This dictionary provides an accurate and useful linguistic guide for students of lexicography ...

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Newspeak, Jonathon Green

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