Pollyspeak
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Political spin; speech used by a politician that is equivocal or mendacious. Australia, derogatory, slang, uncountable
"Sure, put them as a batch/job lot with their own kind. Put them in the public gallery of any Australian parliament and force feed them ‘pollyspeak’."
Example
More examples"Sure, put them as a batch/job lot with their own kind. Put them in the public gallery of any Australian parliament and force feed them ‘pollyspeak’."
Etymology
From pollie + -speak, with spelling shift.
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