What does double speak mean?
Double speak means Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity..
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/ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/ · noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity..
The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.
The popular and convergent use of information seems to represent something beyond the mere cosmetics of doublespeak, of a "garbage collector" turned "sanitary engineer" or a "strike" turned "work stoppage."
Use double speak when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Double speak means Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity..
Common synonyms include double talk.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.
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