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Weasle Words.


Weasle Words

Paul Wasserman & Don Hausrath

Capitol Books

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Weasle Words: The Dictionary Of American Doublespeak dou·ble·speak  
n.
See double talk.

Noun 1. doublespeak - any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
 is an impressive and encompassing collection of thoughts and descriptively accurate views of modern American word and phrase usage. As an excellent reference for what is the true modern vernacular, sayings and understanding of what modern society has twisted the American version of the English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations.  to elaborate or avoid political incorrectness politically incorrect
adj.
Disregarding or unconcerned with political correctness.



political incorrectness n.

Noun 1.
. Very strongly recommended, especially for all non-specialist general readers with an interest in modern politics, culture and linguistics.
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Title Annotation:Weasle Words: The Dictionary of American Doublespeak
Author:Vogel, Paul T.
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Date:Mar 1, 2006
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