campaignspeak
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The jargon used by politicians, lobbyists, and commentators, especially during a political campaign.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""That's why I need you so badly, Zoë. You know how to translate the harsh realities of foreign policy into relatively intelligible campaignspeak." Zoë laughed. "Intelligible campaignspeak is an oxymoron.""
- "The media and the public do in fact relish catching politicians' lies, but these are the small lies — lies about money, sex, drug use and other peccadillos, and the ritual doubletalk of campaignspeak."
- "Unfortunately, The Political Brain doesn't follow up on the implications of this research. Rather, Westen, who describes himself as ardently "pro-Democratic," transposes his clinical findings into one-sided campaignspeak."