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William D. Lutz (/ l ĘŚ t s /; born December 12, 1940) is an American linguist who specializes in the use of plain language and the avoidance of doublespeak (deceptive language).
William D. Lutz, professor emeritus at Rutgers University-Camden has served as the third chairman of the Doublespeak Committee since 1975. In 1989, both his own book Doublespeak and, under his editorship, the committee's third book, Beyond Nineteen Eighty-Four, were published.
[who has sought] honesty and openness, clarity and coherence, to raise the level of public discourse."—William Lutz, chair, NCTE Committee on Public Doublespeak; 1985: Torben Vestergaard and Kim Schroder for The Language of Advertising; 1986: Neil Postman for Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
The Doublespeak Award was a humorous award in the United States of America. It was described as an "ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing, or self-centered", i.e. those who have engaged in doublespeak .
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Doublespeak, language that is deceptively ambiguous Gibberish (language game) , a phonetically modified version of English Double-talk , speech including nonsense syllables that appears erudite
Prince William and Kate Middleton reportedly refused to speak to Prince Harry after Prince Philip's funeral in case the conversation was leaked. Mikhaila Friel. Updated June 22, 2021 at 1:31 PM.
William D. Lutz, Ph.D. 1971 – author of The World of Doublespeak; Nick Rattigan – singer-songwriter in Surf Curse and Current Joys; Francine Rivers – novelist; Geoff Schumacher, 1981 – journalist and author, Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue