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Subject: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: Donuel Date: 04 Apr 07 - 02:34 PM I'm trying to put together something new and need some new Orwellian terms for things that used to be straight forward like "The Great Depression" "foreclosure" "President" Even a compendium, of recent terms like Rendition are welcome. |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: katlaughing Date: 04 Apr 07 - 02:50 PM Not exactly what you're looking for but when I see "The Great Depression" nowadays, I think "Zoloft Generation." I also think, when I see or hear Bush, "The Great Depressor" and "The Fear-Mongerer." |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: Rapparee Date: 04 Apr 07 - 03:15 PM How about "recession" "evicted" and "incompetent"? |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: Wesley S Date: 04 Apr 07 - 03:45 PM Deflection of income { fired } |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: polaitaly Date: 04 Apr 07 - 04:18 PM To be orwellian,a word must have a more"positive" sound."Increase of freedom of choice in the use of one's time" = fired (maybe someone who speaks real english could put it a little better) |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: GUEST, Eb Date: 04 Apr 07 - 05:45 PM "positve cash flow" No money worries: no money |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: Mrrzy Date: 04 Apr 07 - 05:59 PM Right, like Peacekeeper for Soldier. How about retrofinancing for Bankrupt? |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: dick greenhaus Date: 05 Apr 07 - 09:20 AM "War" for "invasion" |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: George Papavgeris Date: 05 Apr 07 - 10:11 AM "liberated" for "fired" "Most Equal" for "president" "accelerated repayment" for "foreclosure" |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: GUEST,meself Date: 05 Apr 07 - 10:21 AM FINANCIALLY liberated: robbed or cheated out of all your possessions; bankrupted |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: dick greenhaus Date: 05 Apr 07 - 06:08 PM And then there's tha all-to-common ones: "Sending the wrong signal to the enemy" = disagreeing with the White House Policy "War on Terror" = anything the White House would like to do. |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: Little Hawk Date: 05 Apr 07 - 06:17 PM "cutting and running" (admitting you made a huge mistake and it's time to withdraw from an unproductive course of action) "giving comfort to the enemy" (doing something constructive for a change instead of killing lots more foreign people) "waffling" (showing you have enough flexibility to change your mind and admit you might have made a mistake in the past) |
Subject: RE: BS: New Orwellian words needed From: Donuel Date: 05 Apr 07 - 10:37 PM As in Carlin's Shell Shock turning into post traumatic stress syndrome Dust Bowl - Typical dry season redistribution of top soils unrelated to global effects. Drought - cyclical water table anomaly. ----\ The story will have to do with a total collapse of the American Southwest and Los Vegas. Lake Mead is currently 84 feet below normal times. |