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pollyspeak

pollyspeak noun: political spin; speech used by a politician that is equivocal or mendacious.

Noun

pollyspeak (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, derogatory, slang) Political spin; speech used by a politician that is equivocal or mendacious.
    • 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’.2000 June 30, Harold Wood, “ANOTHER 'MADDIE' STRIKES.”, in aus.general (Usenet)
    • It isn't difficult to make one's life meaningful without the mumbo-jumbo of pollyspeak and endless streams of words, words, words...2001, Marc in Oz, “Vote with your wallet”, in alt.politics.greens (Usenet)

Origin of pollyspeak

From pollie + -speak, with spelling shift.

Questions about pollyspeak

What does pollyspeak mean?
Pollyspeak means political spin; speech used by a politician that is equivocal or mendacious.
What part of speech is pollyspeak?
Pollyspeak is a noun.

Words near pollyspeak in the dictionary

  1. pollyblobs
  2. pollyfox
  3. pollyfoxed
  4. pollyfoxes
  5. pollyfoxing
  6. pollyspeak
  7. pollywig
  8. pollywigs
  9. pollywog
  10. pollywogged
  11. pollywogging

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