Meaning of pollyspeak | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Australia, derogatory, slang, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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