Newspeakn.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːspiːk/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uˌspik/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adv., speak v.

Etymology: < new adv. + speak v., coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Frequently derogatory.

Originally: the artificial language used for official propaganda in the dystopia of Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Subsequently: any corrupt form of English; esp. ambiguous or euphemistic language as used in official pronouncements or political propaganda.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups

indenture Englisha1568

water language1702

jockeyism1802

slum1812

Polari1846

stable-language1856

scientificism1860

water-slang1860

Oxfordish1863

galley-slang1867

pitmatic1885

commercialese1910

legalese1911

academese1917

Hollywoodese1920

businessese1921

Hollywoodism1925

trade unionese1927

advertisingese1929

officese1935

sociologese1940

Whitehallese1940

Newspeak1949

patter1949

Pentagonese1950

educationese1958

computerese1960

managementese1961

spacespeak1963

computer-speak1968

techno-jargon1972

business-speak1973

Eurospeak1975

Euro-jargon1976

technospeak1976

doctorspeak1977

corporate-speak1978

medspeak1979

mellowspeak1979

technobabble1981

teenspeak1982

management-speak1986

codespeak1987

1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. 51 Syme was a philologist, a specialist in Newspeak. Indeed, he was one of the enormous team of experts now engaged in compiling the Eleventh Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary.

1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four ii. 133 Do you know the Newspeak word goodthinkful?

1950 A. A. Roback Personality in Theory & Pract. i. 27 I do not think it necessary to resort to ‘Newspeak’ in order to write scientifically.

1959 New Statesman 2 May 602/2 This cynical ‘newspeak’ naming of Nationalist legislation has, in recent months, been matched by a remarkable change in the language used by their press and politicians.

1966 Punch 27 July 140/1 Accusing the Prime Minister of ‘the same old excuses’, it [sc. the Daily Telegraph] labelled ‘redeployment’ as ‘new-speak’, which would be ‘victimisation of the workers’ in any but a Labour Government.

1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Aug. 935/2 The new party line, directed this time against ‘rootless cosmopolitans’—newspeak for Jews.

1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Apr. (First Appointments Suppl.) p. xix/1 Day one of the course gave us an introduction to the ‘newspeak’ of the national curriculum—the key stages, the attainment targets, the local management of schools [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	newspeak
释义	Newspeakn. Brit. /ˈnjuːspiːk/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˌspik/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adv., speak v. Etymology: < new adv. + speak v., coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Frequently derogatory. Originally: the artificial language used for official propaganda in the dystopia of Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Subsequently: any corrupt form of English; esp. ambiguous or euphemistic language as used in official pronouncements or political propaganda. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups indenture Englisha1568 water language1702 jockeyism1802 slum1812 Polari1846 stable-language1856 scientificism1860 water-slang1860 Oxfordish1863 galley-slang1867 pitmatic1885 commercialese1910 legalese1911 academese1917 Hollywoodese1920 businessese1921 Hollywoodism1925 trade unionese1927 advertisingese1929 officese1935 sociologese1940 Whitehallese1940 Newspeak1949 patter1949 Pentagonese1950 educationese1958 computerese1960 managementese1961 spacespeak1963 computer-speak1968 techno-jargon1972 business-speak1973 Eurospeak1975 Euro-jargon1976 technospeak1976 doctorspeak1977 corporate-speak1978 medspeak1979 mellowspeak1979 technobabble1981 teenspeak1982 management-speak1986 codespeak1987 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. 51 Syme was a philologist, a specialist in Newspeak. Indeed, he was one of the enormous team of experts now engaged in compiling the Eleventh Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four ii. 133 Do you know the Newspeak word goodthinkful? 1950 A. A. Roback Personality in Theory & Pract. i. 27 I do not think it necessary to resort to ‘Newspeak’ in order to write scientifically. 1959 New Statesman 2 May 602/2 This cynical ‘newspeak’ naming of Nationalist legislation has, in recent months, been matched by a remarkable change in the language used by their press and politicians. 1966 Punch 27 July 140/1 Accusing the Prime Minister of ‘the same old excuses’, it [sc. the Daily Telegraph] labelled ‘redeployment’ as ‘new-speak’, which would be ‘victimisation of the workers’ in any but a Labour Government. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Aug. 935/2 The new party line, directed this time against ‘rootless cosmopolitans’—newspeak for Jews. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Apr. (First Appointments Suppl.) p. xix/1 Day one of the course gave us an introduction to the ‘newspeak’ of the national curriculum—the key stages, the attainment targets, the local management of schools [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949
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