electionspeak
nounEtymology From election + -speak.
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The jargon or rhetoric of politicians, lobbyists, and commentators during an election campaign.
- Bolstered claims of mustering a simple majority are an integral part of electionspeak.1999, India Today International, volume 24, page 276:
- Such mindless, meaningless electionspeak brought to mind the words of Orwell: […]2013, David Marsh, For Who the Bell Tolls: One Man's Quest for Grammatical Perfection, Faber and Faber Ltd, →ISBN:
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- Accustomed as they are to electionspeak, the mainstream media can’t seem to fathom that the selection of a pope is an altogether different sort of thing.2013 February 13, Marybeth Hicks, “Media waste no time to display ignorance”, in The Washington Times:
- Synonyms
- campaignspeak