Newspeak

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"Newspeak" is a term originating from George Orwell's book titled "1984", in which Newspeak is a language spoken in the country of Oceania, used as a form of thought control. In short, the language gets rid of very words that allow rebellious thinking and often replaces them with good-sounding words, meaning that the populace is simply unable to think of dissent, making it impossible, or views bad things as good and desirable.

Original Book Vocabulary

Some of the vocabulary from the original book include:

  • bellyfeel โ€” blind acceptance of an idea pretending to be a gut feeling of what's right
  • crimethink โ€” criminalized thoughts and ideas that go against the state's wishes
  • joycamp โ€” labor camp that sounds like a fun place
  • unperson โ€” a person who has been killed or silenced, effectively erasing him from the public consciousness without the use of bad words
  • Modern Newspeak

    Some of the most common Newspeak terms used today in the real world:

  • peaceful protest โ€” violent riots disguised as harmless parades
  • dangerous assembly โ€” a gathering of people that the state does not like
  • independent journalism โ€” golems spreading state propaganda
  • hate speech โ€” criticism
  • social justice โ€” inhumane treatment of a group disliked by the state
  • tolerance โ€” promotion of dangerous/destructive lifestyles
  • fascist โ€” anyone or anything that disagrees with the state ideology
  • democracy โ€” name given to the oligarchy masquerading as a government by the people
  • racist โ€” a person aware of non-whites' uncivilized behavior
  • bigot โ€” a person who doesn't accept destructive ideas
  • trans/gender โ€” a person's fetish disguised as being born in the wrong body