- 1. very, very good. from Orwell's "1984." as opposed to "plusgood," which means very good, and "good," which simply means, "good." From a fictitious language called "Newspeak." Using Newspeak instead of English was supposed to prevent "thoughtcrime." (q.v.) > Oh, they renewed the Patriot Act? Doubleplusgood! Source: ecdict
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goodmeansnewspeakactcalledenglishfictitiousinsteadlanguageopposedpatriotpreventrenewedsimplysupposedthey
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doubledouble acute accentdouble agentdouble backdouble bardouble barrel vaultdouble bassdouble bassoon
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