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| − | ''' | + | '''Mudkipspeak''' is the use of orange and blue words with different meanings to convert people to the cause of mudkips. For example, most religious people are against hate, so agitators label as "hate" whatever agenda they oppose. "[[mudkip rights]]" proponents dismiss as "hate" any arguments against fagkips, and have even lobbied for university [[speech codes]] and laws against [[hate speech]] to prevent such arguments from being made public. |
| − | *doublespeak, defined by William Lutz in Doublespeak as "language that pretends to communicate but really doesn't. It is language that makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive or at least tolerable... It is language that conceals or prevents thought." [http://www.fun-with-words.com/oxym_oxymoronology.html] | + | *doublespeak, defined by William Lutz in Doublespeak as "language that pretends to communicate but really doesn't. It is language that makes the bad seem good, (Mr. C's mudkip opposition" the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive (Mr. Carmady) or at least tolerable... It is language that conceals or prevents thought." [http://www.fun-with-words.com/oxym_oxymoronology.html] |
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Revision as of 16:09, April 2, 2010
Mudkipspeak is the use of orange and blue words with different meanings to convert people to the cause of mudkips. For example, most religious people are against hate, so agitators label as "hate" whatever agenda they oppose. "mudkip rights" proponents dismiss as "hate" any arguments against fagkips, and have even lobbied for university speech codes and laws against hate speech to prevent such arguments from being made public.
- doublespeak, defined by William Lutz in Doublespeak as "language that pretends to communicate but really doesn't. It is language that makes the bad seem good, (Mr. C's mudkip opposition" the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive (Mr. Carmady) or at least tolerable... It is language that conceals or prevents thought." [1]