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camouflanguage

noun

Etymology

Blend of camouflage + language.

  1. derived from *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s✻
  2. derived from dingua
  3. derived from lingua
  4. derived from *linguāticum✻
  5. derived from language
  6. inherited from langage
  7. compounded as camouflanguage — “camouflage + language”

Definitions

  1. Language that uses jargon, euphemism, vagueness, and other phrasal devices to obscure the…

    Language that uses jargon, euphemism, vagueness, and other phrasal devices to obscure the actual or intended meaning of a statement; newspeak.

    • "Right, but where is it taking us? This is camouflanguage you're using, distorting the truth to fit your own ideal. What does it mean?"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for camouflanguage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA