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- noun
Thoughtless orformulaic speech.
Etymologies
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Examples
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1984 (1949), Orwell would term this "duckspeak", which in Newspeak meant literally to quack like a duck or to speak without thinking.
Latest Articles 2008
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The Party loves those who are willing to set their own judgment aside in favor of duckspeaking the talking points of the day, but it righteously detests those who duckspeak against it.
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It seems to me that one of the problems of the current political discourse is that phenomenon which George Orwell in 1984 referred to as “duckspeak”.
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Use this simple substitution in all cases of RealUglyCan double-plus-good duckspeak, and you can see their true agenda ... never fails.
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In a society unconstrained by law or empathy, one response to duckspeak might be to simply excise the unnecessary forebrain matter of the duckspeaker, to return that tissue to the earth to nourish the crops.
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Use this simple substitution in all cases of RealUglyCan double-plus-good duckspeak, and you can see their true agenda ... never fails.
Fox News Covers The California Electoral Vote Initiative — Oh, Boy 2009
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* Bitter Laughter duckspeak thoughtcrime doubleplusungood 9/11.
Gerry Canavan 2007
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* Bitter Laughter duckspeak thoughtcrime doubleplusungood 9/11.
Gerry Canavan 2007
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Our earth is in bad enough shape already and we all seem to complain about this sort of thing, even here in Mexico. yadda, yadda, yadda - I came to Mexico to escape from the Enviro-Nazis and this kind of liberal duckspeak ...
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Goodfacts are now operational and must be properly presented as prolefeed to encourage goodthink duckspeak.
Think Progress » ABC’s 9/11 Docudrama Mangles Facts, Smears Washington Post 2006
whichbe commented on the word duckspeak
To speak without thinking. Can be either good or bad, depending on who is speaking, and whether or not they are on your side.
October 14, 2008