'There is a word in Newspeak,' said Syme, 'I don't know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.'
Friday, March 14, 2008
Duckspeak
Anytime I read about politics or religion these days, I'm reminded of this passage in Orwell's 1984 (Chapter 5):
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