What does doubleplusgood mean?
Doubleplusgood means Alternative spelling of double-plus-good..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative spelling of double-plus-good..
Something can be described as “good,” but if it is better than good, it is described as “plusgood,” or, if it is even better than that, “doubleplusgood.” Likewise, the word “bad” does not exist, but rather “ungood” or “plusungood.”
So words like great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively.
Use doubleplusgood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doubleplusgood means Alternative spelling of double-plus-good..
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Something can be described as “good,” but if it is better than good, it is described as “plusgood,” or, if it is even better than that, “doubleplusgood.” Likewise, the word “bad” does not exist, but rather “ungood” or “plusungood.”
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