electionspeak

noun

Etymology

From election + -speak.

  1. derived from eleccioun
  2. inherited from eleccioun
  3. suffixed as electionspeak — “election + speak

Definitions

  1. The jargon or rhetoric of politicians, lobbyists, and commentators during an election…

    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.
    • Such mindless, meaningless electionspeak brought to mind the words of Orwell: […]
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for electionspeak. 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