Meaning of double talk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Doublespeak.
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2. Lies, especially in a formal political statement.
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3. Speech which combines English (or some other language) and native-sounding gibberish for humorous effect.
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4. A simple phonetic code with a regular infix that makes meaningful speech sound unintelligible.
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5. A situation when two people talk at the same time, causing overlapping audio signals.
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Examples

“"Frammis on the Antispode": The doubletalk heading this paragraph takes the sting out of Mr. Ruark's comment, even if his gay colored foulard Sinatra bow tie didn't contradict his comment[.]”

“[Sid] Caesar's vaudeville format included burlesques—in the nineteenth-century meaning of parody—featuring silent-film and film noir send-ups; Italian opera produced in Caesar's ad-libbed, faux-Italian double-talk;[…]”

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