Words are what you make of them. (how the English language has changed through various inversions and meanings of terminology) (Column)

USA Today (Magazine) | November 1, 1993| | Copyright

ALMOST TWO AND A HALF millennia ago, Plato warned, "False words are not only evil in themselves, but ... they infect the soul with evil." American Indians accused whites of speaking with a "forked tongue." In modern times, George Orwell, in his prophetic novel, 1984, predicted the present atmosphere of "doublespeak."

Words, like ideas, have consequences and possess the power to promote truth or spread lies. Today, good words have become bad and language that should be meant to clarify is meant to confuse. For instance, the Clinton Administration uses the terms ...

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