Re: Local Church Double-Speak
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Originally Posted by zeek
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."
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"Local" church is doublespeak, since they are anything but "local."
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