Welcome to the 10th Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary. This grand work of unparalleled genius was exquisitely crafted by Big Brother and his loyal minions. Its aim is to sharply reduce your vocabulary so that your frail mind does not incur on crimethink.
Soon we'll be launching the 11th Edition, which will be much shorter. According to one of our foremost lexicographers, Syme [SYME IS NOW AN UNPERSON]: The Eleventh Edition is the definitive edition... We’re destroying words — scores of them, hundreds of them, every day. We’re cutting the language down to the bone.
A
ante — Use this word instead of before, or else!
artsem — Artificial insemination. Big Brother's approved method for efficiently producing the next generation of cannon fodder military heroes.
Airstrip One — A rain-soaked island in Northwestern Europe. Sometimes erroneously called the "United Kingdom".
B
bellyfeel — Unquestioning acceptance of Party doctrine. The highest state of loyal stupidity.
blackwhite — Holding two contradictory beliefs and accepting both as true. Used by goodthinkers every time they talk politics.
C
crimestop — The mental gag reflex that prevents crimethink. Do not question the question.
crimethink — Thought that goes against the Party. Punishable by vaporization, then paperwork.
D
doubleplus — Intensifier prefix. Doubleplusgood = the best; doubleplusungood = the worst.
doublethink — The mental practice of accepting two opposing truths simultaneously. A required skill for promotion.
duckspeak — Mindless speech that parrots Party lines. Fully endorsed if quacked in correct rhythm.
E
equal — Mathematically equivalent. Never used to mean "has the same rights". That's crimethink.
F
facecrime — Unorthodox facial expressions. A frown may cost your life.
Ficdep — Fiction Department of Minitrue. Where history is rewritten into bedtime stories.
free — The absence of something. As in "free from bugs", not "free to choose". Don't get ideas.
G
goodthink — Thoughts approved by the Party. Feels good, doesn't it?
goodsex — Sex for reproduction only. Anything else is sexcrime.
I
Inner Party — The elite. Two rulers and a thousand bowing heads.
argosism — The supreme ideological system of the Secret Opposition of Avalon. Both visionary and inescapable.
J
joycamp — Forced labor facility. Very happy. You’ll never leave.
M
malquoted — Misstating the words of the Leaders. Punishable by literary death.
memory hole — System for erasing records and lives. Cleaner than bleach.
MINIDEF — Ministry of Defense. Deals with compliance, disappearances, and the occasional purge.
MiniWar — Ministry of War. Oversees endless conflict. Profitable and patriotic.
Minitrue — Ministry of Truth. Spreads lies, edits facts, and runs the show.
Miniplenty — Ministry of Plenty. Ensures rationing, scarcity, and the illusion of abundance.
N
Newspeak — Glorious, compressed language of the Party. Eliminates thought, fosters obedience.
norp norp — Slang chant of Party joy. Meaningless. Joyous. Compulsory.
THE ONLY TRUTH YOU NEED — Official motto. Printed on banners, shouted through telescreens, tattooed in hearts.
O
Oldspeak — English, before improvement. Barbaric and bloated.
oldthink — Obsolete values like justice, democracy, hugs, etc.