pollyspeak

Definition

Political spin; speech used by a politician that is equivocal or mendacious.

Etymology

From pollie + -speak, with spelling shift.

Example Sentences

• "Sure, put them as a batch/job lot with their own kind. Put them in the public gallery of any Australian parliament and force feed them ‘pollyspeak’."
• "It isn't difficult to make one's life meaningful without the mumbo-jumbo of pollyspeak and endless streams of words, words, words..."
• "It is pollyspeak or polyspeak or doubletalk, or lies. No GST No ETS Coal jobs safe = they are truly fucked now on a quick scan I didn't see he actually said they would be safe, tahts^([sic]) part of the trick, say something they want to be interpreted as 'safe' but not actually say it. The[y] have years of practise, they are really good at it."