Duckspeak
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In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, duckspeak is a Newspeak term meaning literally to quack like a duck or to speak without thinking. Duckspeak can be either good or bad, depending on who is speaking, and if what they are saying is in following with the ideals of Big Brother. To be speaking rubbish and lies (bad), or to be speaking rubbish and lies for the good of "The Party" (good).
External links
- Duckspeak Translator (http://speeches.com/quack.aspx)
- Newspeak Dictionary (http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/)
- Searchable 1984 Text (http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/)