newspeaknoun [ U ]
uk/ˈnjuː.spiːk/us/ˈnuː.spiːk/language used by politicians and government officials that is intentionally difficult to understand or does not mean what it seems to mean and is therefore likely to confuse or deceive people
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Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- legalese
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- non-standard
- officialese
- oral
- pidgin
- plain English
- rhyming slang
- slang
- slangy
- speak
- telegramese
- tongue
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