double-talkn.

Etymology: talk n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdouble-talk.

Originally U.S.

1. Deliberately unintelligible speech; speech that is a mixture of real and invented words; gibberish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun]

jargon1340

gibberishc1557

fustiana1593

hibber-gibber1593

rabble?1593

gabbling1599

rantum-scantum1599

ribble-rabble1601

gabble1602

High Dutch1602

Greek1603

baragouin1614

galimatias1653

riddle-me-ree1678

clink-clank1679

Hebrew1705

alieniloquy1727

jabber1735

mumbo-jumbo1738

gibbering1786

rigmarole1809

gibber1832

rigmarolery1833

Babelism1834

jargoning1837

barrikin1851

abracadabra1867

double Dutch1876

jabberwock1902

jabberwocky1908

jibber-jabber1922

mumbo-jumbery1923

mumbo1931

double-talk1938

garbology1944

1938 N.Y. Panorama (Amer. Guide Ser.) vi. 156 Of late a humorously conceived system of language corruption called double talk..has made itself felt.

1938 N.Y. Panorama (Amer. Guide Ser.) vi. 157 Double talk is created by mixing plausible-sounding gibberish into ordinary conversation, the speaker keeping a straight face or dead pan and enunciating casually or off the cuff.

1941 Time 16 June 61/1 Thirteen recorded versions of this pandemic double-talk ballad are available.

1958 D. Ewen Compl. Bk. Amer. Mus. Theater 230 ‘Melody in Four F.’, a tongue-twister relating in double talk the adventures of being conscripted into the army.

2. Verbal expression intended to be, or which may be, construed in more than one sense; deliberately ambiguous or imprecise language; used esp. of political language that is subject to arbitrary national or party interpretation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > deliberate

prolocution1679

double-talk1948

straddling1949

double-speak1957

codespeak1987

1948 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety vi. 125 And all species of space respond in our own Contradictory dialect, the double talk Of ambiguous bodies.

1950 Amer. Speech 25 190 Back in Tsarist times Lenin and his associates inaugurated this double-talk and double-writing—especially the latter—in order to deceive the Tsarist censors and police.

1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 45 The ‘directive’..was itself a masterpiece of the familiar technique of double talk. Terms such as ‘free elections’, ‘free contacts’..meant different things in East and West.

1959 Listener 4 June 969/2 This has meant..a certain amount of double-talk, many carefully imprecise statements of intention.

Derivatives

double-talker n. one who uses such language.

ΚΠ

1945 H. I. Phillips Private Purkey's Private Peace xxii. 129 We got the right slant on bullies, greaseballs, double talkers, supermen, and dopes.

1957 New Statesman 19 Oct. 1/2 The Archbishop of Canterbury is the best double-talker since the Delphic oracle shut up shop.

double-talk v. (intransitive).

ΚΠ

1961 New Left Rev. Mar. (front cover) The Labour Party has double-talked its way around the issue.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. B5/1 Spiralling costs..have inflated the price of B.C. Hydro and Power Authority's Columbia and Peace River power and flood control dams—just how much nobody is certain and Mr. Bennett has persistently doubletalked on this subject.

double-talking n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ix. 203 You'll find no Atridae here, no double-talking Ulysses.

1960 Guardian 23 Dec. 5/3 Britain's confused and double-talking attitude to the Cyprus question.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	double-talk
释义	double-talkn. Etymology: talk n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdouble-talk. Originally U.S. 1. Deliberately unintelligible speech; speech that is a mixture of real and invented words; gibberish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] jargon1340 gibberishc1557 fustiana1593 hibber-gibber1593 rabble?1593 gabbling1599 rantum-scantum1599 ribble-rabble1601 gabble1602 High Dutch1602 Greek1603 baragouin1614 galimatias1653 riddle-me-ree1678 clink-clank1679 Hebrew1705 alieniloquy1727 jabber1735 mumbo-jumbo1738 gibbering1786 rigmarole1809 gibber1832 rigmarolery1833 Babelism1834 jargoning1837 barrikin1851 abracadabra1867 double Dutch1876 jabberwock1902 jabberwocky1908 jibber-jabber1922 mumbo-jumbery1923 mumbo1931 double-talk1938 garbology1944 1938 N.Y. Panorama (Amer. Guide Ser.) vi. 156 Of late a humorously conceived system of language corruption called double talk..has made itself felt. 1938 N.Y. Panorama (Amer. Guide Ser.) vi. 157 Double talk is created by mixing plausible-sounding gibberish into ordinary conversation, the speaker keeping a straight face or dead pan and enunciating casually or off the cuff. 1941 Time 16 June 61/1 Thirteen recorded versions of this pandemic double-talk ballad are available. 1958 D. Ewen Compl. Bk. Amer. Mus. Theater 230 ‘Melody in Four F.’, a tongue-twister relating in double talk the adventures of being conscripted into the army. 2. Verbal expression intended to be, or which may be, construed in more than one sense; deliberately ambiguous or imprecise language; used esp. of political language that is subject to arbitrary national or party interpretation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > deliberate prolocution1679 double-talk1948 straddling1949 double-speak1957 codespeak1987 1948 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety vi. 125 And all species of space respond in our own Contradictory dialect, the double talk Of ambiguous bodies. 1950 Amer. Speech 25 190 Back in Tsarist times Lenin and his associates inaugurated this double-talk and double-writing—especially the latter—in order to deceive the Tsarist censors and police. 1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 45 The ‘directive’..was itself a masterpiece of the familiar technique of double talk. Terms such as ‘free elections’, ‘free contacts’..meant different things in East and West. 1959 Listener 4 June 969/2 This has meant..a certain amount of double-talk, many carefully imprecise statements of intention. Derivatives double-talker n. one who uses such language. ΚΠ 1945 H. I. Phillips Private Purkey's Private Peace xxii. 129 We got the right slant on bullies, greaseballs, double talkers, supermen, and dopes. 1957 New Statesman 19 Oct. 1/2 The Archbishop of Canterbury is the best double-talker since the Delphic oracle shut up shop. double-talk v. (intransitive). ΚΠ 1961 New Left Rev. Mar. (front cover) The Labour Party has double-talked its way around the issue. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. B5/1 Spiralling costs..have inflated the price of B.C. Hydro and Power Authority's Columbia and Peace River power and flood control dams—just how much nobody is certain and Mr. Bennett has persistently doubletalked on this subject. double-talking n. and adj. ΚΠ 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ix. 203 You'll find no Atridae here, no double-talking Ulysses. 1960 Guardian 23 Dec. 5/3 Britain's confused and double-talking attitude to the Cyprus question. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1938
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