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Old 07-19-2011, 06:43 PM   #3
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Default Re: Local Church Double-Speak

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Originally Posted by zeek View Post
Wikipedia defines Doublespeak as "language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs), making the truth less unpleasant, without denying its nature. It may also be deployed as intentional ambiguity, or reversal of meaning (for example, naming a state of war "peace"). In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth, producing a communication bypass."
"Local" church is doublespeak, since they are anything but "local."
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