electionspeak

electionspeak

English

Etymology

election +‎ -speak

Noun

electionspeak (uncountable)

1. The jargon or rhetoric of politicians, lobbyists, and commentators during an election campaign.
   • 1999, India Today International, Volume 24, page 276:

     Bolstered claims of mustering a simple majority are an integral part of electionspeak.

   • 2013, David Marsh, For Who the Bell Tolls: One Man's Quest for Grammatical Perfection, Faber and Faber Ltd (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Such mindless, meaningless electionspeak brought to mind the words of Orwell: […]

   • 2013, Marybeth Hicks, "Media waste no time to display ignorance", The Washington Times, 13 February 2013:

     Accustomed as they are to electionspeak, the mainstream media can’t seem to fathom that the selection of a pope is an altogether different sort of thing.

Synonyms

• campaignspeak