Doublespeak Defined

<p>In an increasingly Orwellian world everyone should be armed with this hilarious slyly subversive deconstruction of the slippery locutions of spinmeisters from all walks of public life. Doublespeak guru William Lutz (<em>Doublespeak The New Doublespeak</em>) is uniquely qualified to bring you this supremely funny expos' of the juiciest ways THEY are trying to bamboozle you! </p><p> A sampling of <em>Doublespeak Defined</em>: </p><p> <strong>Bald</strong> n./: hair disadvantaged <br /> Men in Japan aren't bald; they're hair disadvantaged according to <em>The Japan Economic Journal.</em></p><p><strong>Diet</strong> n./:1.nutrional avoidance therapy 2. caloric reduction program</p><p><strong>Frozen</strong> adj./:1 deep chilled 2. fresh 3. hard chilled 4. previously frozen</p> <p> The USDA considers processed chickens fresh not frozen if they have been chilled to 28 degrees Fahrenheit. Chickens so processed have not been frozen but deep chilled.</p><p> <strong>Light Switch</strong> n./: ideogram illumination intensity adjustment potentiometer </p><p><strong>Waste paper basket</strong> n./: user-friendly space-effective flexible desk side sortation unit</p><p> Government officials in Toronto Canada paid $123.80 (Canadian) each for these items.</p>