Political language consists largely of euphemism and vagueness
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Modern English prose, especially political writing, is characterized by vagueness and incompetence 1 0 2The work of prose-construction is often dodged by using dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, and meaningless words 1 0 2Many political words are used in variable meanings, often dishonestly 1 0 2Political writing is often bad and imitative 1 0 2The inflated style is a kind of euphemism 1 0 2The enemy of clear language is insincerity 1 0 2All issues are political issues, and politics is a mass of lies and evasions 1 0 2If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought 1 0 2It involves the scrapping of every word or idiom which has outworn its usefulness 1 0 2Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful 1 0 2