They are new fat rants, then, delivered by Ms. Nashs fans and semi-fans, people with equally piquant opinions about obesity, appearance and American doublespeak about weight.
In his classic dystopian novel, 1984, author George Orwell never actually used the term "doublespeak" but it was eerily exemplified in the ruling Party's motto: "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength".
Call it doublespeak, call it hypocrisy, call it delusion, call it whatever you like, but the fact remains that while we claim to value freedom, privacy, individuality, equality, diversity, accountability, and government transparency, our actions and those of our government overseers contradict these much-vaunted principles at every turn.
Tina Charney Phoenix, Nov. 20, 2006 To the Editor: The Bush administration can use all the doublespeak it wants to categorize hunger in the wealthiest country in the world.
Now whether that sounds cautiously optimistic or typical "don't look behind the curtain" PR doublespeak, it's anyone's guess.
Library lovers keen to defend their service from cuts have, over the past year, found themselves ridiculed, dismissed or ignored by those in positions of authority at both a local and national level, while also being treated to council doublespeak about the cutbacks of the kind recently denounced by Philip Pullman as sheer "political bullshit".
That may be frustrating, but it isn't dodging or doublespeak, and it certainly isn't an attitude found only on one side of the aisle; it's a particular belief about the role a lawmaker should play in a representative democracy.
Partnoy touches on the prevailing "Orwellian doublespeak" when it comes to the term clients.
In the doublespeak of its time, it was named the Bridge of Freedom.
It has taken me a while to decipher the doublespeak: it is the system – not the restraint techniques themselves – that has been specifically designed for children.
