doublespeak

Meanings

Noun

any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

Origin / Etymology

From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.

Synonyms

double talk

Scrabble Score: 20

doublespeak is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
doublespeak is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
doublespeak is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

doublespeak is a valid Words With Friends word