newspeak

Definitions


[ˈnjuːspiːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- ambiguous euphemistic language used chiefly in political propaganda
(e.g: ‘deterrence’ is just Newspeak for plain old threatening)


Phrases:

Origin:
1949: the name of an artificial official language in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four




definition by Oxford Dictionaries