Doublespeak
Defined as a language that attempts to communicate, but, really, doesn't. Its a language that makes the bad seem good, the negative seem positive, the unpleasant seem attractive, or at least tolerable. Doublespeak is a language that avoids or shifts responsibility, language at a variance with its real or purported meaning. Its a language that conceals or prevents thought. Rather than extending thought doublespeak limits it.
William Lutz, Committee Chair
National Council of Teachers of English- Committee on Doublespeak
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