oldspeak

[ohld-speek]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc.Compare newspeak.

Origin of oldspeak

coined by George Orwell in his novel, 1984 (1949)

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