Americans Protest NATO'S War in Yugoslavia -- June 5, 1999
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From: Jocelyn Demers
Date: 2/28/01
Time: 12:11:07 AM
Remote Name: 130.68.236.55
Jocelyn Demers Assignment #4 Doublespeak terms I know some of these are hardly doublespeak terms and a bit of a stretch…I hope you are humored! Some of them though, I feel could qualify as new doublespeak terms.
1.)"net"- a slang term for the internet or networks.
2.)"bank"- a place where you store your money or where information is stored.
3.)"jihad"-Islam word meaning the spiritual struggle against evil. Jihad is the duty of all mainstream Muslims, or Sunnites. There are four ways they may fulfill a jihad: by the heart, the tongue, the hand, and the sword. These refer to the inner, spiritual battle of the heart against vice, passion, and ignorance; spreading the word of Islam with one's tongue; choosing to do good and avoiding evil with one's hand; and waging war against non-Muslims with the sword. Throughout all the political struggles the word has taken the meaning of one who is Islam.
4.)"no-fly zone"-an area in Iraq where no flight is allowed.
5.)"Ectasy"-a feeling of pure enjoyment or a dangerous mind-mood altering drug.
6.)"Napster"-an internet corporation that allows individuals to share music in the form of MP3 files in a community or a method of violating copyright laws and robbing recording artists of their earnings.
7.)"on-line"-engaging in internet activity, or standing in line?
8.)"e-brokers"-people that engage in the trading of stocks via the world wide web.
9.)"telecommunications"-any form of communication used via the telephone line. Great advances have been made to create wireless or celluar communications and online communications?
10.)"digital"-a form or type of cellular communication signals.