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new⋅speak

  [noo-speek, nyoo-]
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–noun
(sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, esp. in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”
Origin:
new + speak, coined by George Orwell in his novel, 1984 (1949)
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new·speak   (nōō'spēk', nyōō'-)   
n.  Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public.

[From Newspeak, a language invented by George Orwell in the novel 1984.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Newspeak 
"artificial language of official communication in George Orwell's novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' " 1949, from new + speak. Frequently applied to propagandistic warped English.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

Newspeak
A language inspired by Scratchpad.
[J.K. Foderaro. "The Design of a Language for Algebraic Computation", Ph.D. Thesis, UC Berkeley, 1983].

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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newspeak

propagandistic language that is characterized by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings. The term was coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-four (1949). Newspeak, "designed to diminish the range of thought," was the language preferred by Big Brother's pervasive enforcers.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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