Doublespeak: Power Up, Soften Down
US President Trump tries to strong-arm Congress on Obamacare, Germany is seen to bully …
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When Is the GOAT Not a Goat?
Not only the name of a hardy, domesticated ruminant mammal, “goat” is also a …
Do “Alternative Facts” and “Post-Truth” Forebode an Orwellian Future?
American pundits talk about the “Fox” view of the world, a reference to the …
Are We Getting the Facts or a “Narrative”?
Facts making space for alternative facts, the post-truth age subordinating reality to emotion and personal …
15 Doublespeak Examples To Detect
Is doublespeak unavoidably negative? If you’re committed to digging underneath its ostensibly euphemistic sheen, …
Wicked Word Alert
What’s an egghead or a freeloader? They were once put-downs or even insults, although today …
More Needless Words to Cut
As noted in a previous post, whole phrases – not just individual words – …
The Highs and Lows of Tidal Flows
By many measures, US presidential candidate Donald Trump may have to concede that his …
Doublespeaking Our Way Around Things
As if life weren’t complicated enough with various demands on our time, such as …
Wicked Word Watch
Some of the words defined here were considered “wicked” decades or even centuries ago, but …