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doublespeak

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
doublespeak/ˈdʌblspiːk/

▶noun deliberately ambiguous or obscure language.

– origin 1950s: often attributed incorrectly to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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