| 'There is a word in Newspeak,' said Syme, 'I don't know
whether you know it: duckspeak, to talk like a duck. It
is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to
someone you agree with, it is praise.'
Unquestionably Syme will be vaporized, Winston thought
again.
...
Provided that the opinions which were quacked out were orthodox
ones, it implied nothing but praise, and when The Times
referred to one of the orators of the Party as a
doubleplusgood duckspeaker it was paying a warm and
valued compliment.
George Orwell, 1984 | 
