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====== Double speak ======

===== Definition =====

"Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words.
Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for
bombing),in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth."

Wikipedia
       

"Deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language."

Oxford Dictionary
          
===== Examples =====

  * **over the top** vs crazy
  * **senior citizen** vs old person
  * **baby boomers** vs over-50s
  * **substance abuse** vs drug problem
  * **problem child** vs exasperating difficulty
  * **take down** vs kill
  * **ill advised** vs bad idea
  * **restructure the company** vs fire employees
  * **ethnic cleansing** vs genocide
  * **collateral damage** vs innocent civilians killed in conflict
  * **freedom fighter** vs terrorist (on one’s side)
  * **capital punishment** vs death penalty
  * **post-truth** vs downplaying the facts
  * **occupied** vs invaded and controlled by enemy forces
  * **climate change** vs rising natural hazard risk
  * **right-sizing an enterprise** vs firing employees
  * **job flexibility** vs no contract and little or no job security

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