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by comrade_ogilvy
4613 days ago
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"The range of verbs is further cut down by means of the -ize and de- formations, and the banal statements are given an appearance of profundity by means of the not un- formation." Obviously, we need to deincentivize that. "one can even, if one jeers loudly enough, send some worn-out and useless phrase ... into the dustbin, where it belongs." |
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The irony being that this is one of the worst kind of cliches, proving that Orwell had no idea what he was talking about.