wooden language
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wooden language
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Calque of French langue de bois.
noun
- Speech or writing that is overly abstract, vague, metaphorical or pretentious in order to avoid addressing salient issues. Of more consequence is the emergence of a phenomen which is perhaps peculiar to the modern world: the phenomenon which the French and Russians call “wooden language,” and which we might call, in honor of Orwell's satire, newspeak.
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| Français | langue de bois |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Betonsprache, Holzsprache |
| Ελληνικά | ξύλινη γλώσσα xýlini glóssa |
Talk about this word "wooden language." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wooden%20language. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wooden language. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wooden%20language "wooden language." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wooden%20language.Cite this
@misc{wooden_language_2026,
title = {wooden language},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wooden%20language},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
