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The term likely derives from the Scots verb waff, [1] meaning "to wave" or "fluctuate," which aligns with the meandering and aimless nature of waffling speech. [1] [2] Another theory suggests that the term emerged from the idea of waffle batter spreading in an irregular, non-linear pattern, much like incoherent talk. [3]
Symbolic speech is a legal term in United States law used to describe actions that purposefully and discernibly convey a particular message or statement to those viewing it. [1] Symbolic speech is recognized as being protected under the First Amendment as a form of speech, but this is not expressly written as such in the document.
Waffle the Wonder Dog, a British television show; The Waffle, a Canadian political movement; Waffle (speech), speech that involves equivocating or blathering; Waffles (episode), the 39th episode of the first season of Teen Titans Go! and the 39th overall episode of the series. Waffles, the main character in Waffles + Mochi.
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The government speech doctrine establishes that the government may advance its speech without requiring viewpoint neutrality when the government itself is the speaker. Thus, when the state is the speaker, it may make content based choices. The simple principle has broad implications, and has led to contentious disputes within the Supreme Court. [1]
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The government encouraging them to remove false speech only violates the 1st Amendment if it can be proved that the government caused, and will cause in the future, speech to be blocked.
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky comment in their book Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media that Orwellian doublespeak is an important component of the manipulation of the English language in American media, through a process called dichotomization, a component of media propaganda involving "deeply embedded double standards in the reporting of news."