Jeers and Applause
Oats, licorice, parsnip, cauliflower, spinach, piglet, and poodle
have each been removed from the latest Oxford Children’s
Dictionary. Encomiums and raucous applause, applause.
However there’s good newspeak and bad newspeak, consistent
with the non-principles of doublespeak — also removed are
the words mistletoe, holly, ivy, carol, manger, disciple, saint,
sin, and devil… hmmmmmm… my life has suddenly been
made easier… who WAS that Orwell guy, anyhow?
