114: Discovering Doublespeak! (Part Four) - Greenspan's Gobbledygook

With a focus on the bizarre dialect of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, I discuss the fourth form of doublespeak: Gobbledygook and Bureaucratese.

Defining attributes of doublespeak:
-misleads
-distorts reality
-pretends to communicate
-avoids or shifts responsibility
-makes the negative appear positive
-creates a false verbal map of the world
-limits, conceals, corrupts, and prevents thought
-makes the unpleasant appear attractive or tolerable
-creates incongruity between reality and what is said or not said
(William Lutz, Doublespeak)

Look Closer:

The Doublespeak Dictionary by Leslie Starr O’Hara
http://www.thedoublespeakdictionary.com/

Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living : How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive You, by William Lutz
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2151216.Doublespeak

Greenspan describes Greenspeak, Fedspeak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ldr1vvz0w

Print More Money! according to Alan Greenspan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCWw8tQW15g&NR=1

The Magic of Pronouns: Tips For Aspiring Politicians/Criminals (...and Ron Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2XuNyq9jw