The principle of Newspeak: most commonly, an oxymoron, used to dumb down the public. A horrific act can be substituted with a lighter word as well. Society becomes illiterate when their vocabulary shrinks.

Here is a list of examples for Newspeak:

Modern Examples of Newspeak/Doublespeak

“rendition” transfer of suspected terrorists to foreign countries that practice torture for interrogation 

“Healthy Forests” program logging of protected wilderness areas

“Clear Skies” initiative removing the restrictions on businesses which pollute the air “abuses” at Abu Gharib torture

“death tax” estate tax

“insurgent” applied, in place of “freedom fighter” to those indigenous forces fighting against us

“freedom fighter” right-­‐wing militia member trying to overthrow elected communist/socialist regime

“defense” war

“IED” bomb

“downsize” fire employees

“embedded” journalists controlled/censored journalists

“enemy combatant” P.O.W./captive

“forced disarmament” war

“human intelligence” spy

“infomercial” commercial

“House of Windsor” House of Saxe-­‐Coburg

“person of interest” suspect

“regime change” overthrow

“pre-­‐owned” used

“shock and awe” massive bombing

“taxpayer” citizen (implies that primary purpose of a citizen is to pay taxes)

“wet work” assassination

“terminate; neutralize” kill

“revenue enhancement” tax increase

Inheritance tax → death tax 

body bag → human remains pouches → transfer tubes

system of government → regime

freedom fighter or political rebel → insurgent → terrorist suicide bomber → homicide bomber

invasion → pre-emptive strike

invade → liberate

torture → physical persuasion

peace → pre-hostility

bomb → aerial ordinance

mercenaries → security contractors

killing → servicing the target

used → pre-­‐owned or experienced environmentalist → ecoterrorist

sewage → biosolids or nutricake

“weapons of mass destruction‐related program activities”

“catastrophic success”

“evil doer”

coalition of the willing   

SOURCE:

http://mattjennissen1.weebly.com/uploads/7/1/0/7/7107262/real_life_doublespeak.pdf