Verboticism: Politspeak
DEFINITION: v. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.
Politspeak
Created by: amigamark
Pronunciation: pol-it-speek
Sentence: The governments insistance on using politspeak, lead to it's eventual downfall. The masses couldn't understand it, and you know what happens when 'people' don't understand something......."whack".
Etymology: polit - reference to politicians, hot air, blarney, liars and general waffle. speak - how do you know if a polititian is lying, it's mouth moves.
Points: 2702
Comments: Politspeak
silveryaspen - 2008-03-06: 11:30:00
Strong sentence and etymology!