Memory-holing
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records. uncountable
"However, the extent of memory-holing that occurred with Elder Poelman's talk was not only extensive and unprecedented (as far as we know) but altogether ironic, given that all this occurred during the actual year of 1984."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of memory-hole form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"However, the extent of memory-holing that occurred with Elder Poelman's talk was not only extensive and unprecedented (as far as we know) but altogether ironic, given that all this occurred during the actual year of 1984."
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