Double-Speak Research

I began this project by noting down the definitions of each type of doublespeak,

Euphemism, harmless words that replace more offensive ones, e.g “rather than failing I simply discovered what did not work”

Jargon, Terminology which is specific to a profession of activity, an example of this is using more favorable industry terms to mask the real meaning of the language e.g collateral damage rather than civilian casualties.

Gobbledygook, a type of jargon that does not actually contain meaning or maybe excessively hard to decipher that is being used to deliberately to mislead the listener.

Inflated language, this is the final type of doublespeak where more important-sounding words are used in place of more mundane language, sensationalizing something that is otherwise mundane in order to gain more attention. This example can be seen across many news articles “Top 5 celebrity shoes, you won’t believe number 8!”

on the left is a collaborative drawing not part of the project, but was done at the time with another student to break in my sketchbook so I wasn’t precious about starting the project.

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