A Glossary of Orwellian Terms in JW-Speak     
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blackwhite      the ability to see black and say white, and vice versa
                as required by Society discipline; to accept the current 
                version of the past, and forget that one has ever held 
                any contrary Society doctrine before. [q.v. Q7.2]
     
                "If the Society told me that this book is black instead 
                of green, I would say, `Y'know, I could have sworn that 
                it was green, but if the Society says it's black, then 
                it's black!' - Bart Thomson, WTS District Overseer
     
crimestop       the internal mental policing which is able to stamp out 
                deviant beliefs, `a blindspot whenever a dangerous 
                thought' occurred. The classing of all WTS critical 
                literature as `spiritual pornography' is part of this.
     
newspeak        the language which changes the meaning of words, 
                introduces neologisms and expels old words, a.k.a. `the 
                pure language' and e.g. the purging of the word `church' 
                and the replacement of `doctrine' by `truth' - this 
                works with %crimestop% to create _thought terminating 
                clich‚s_
     
memory hole     where all the old truths go when replaced by new ones
     
ownlife         `independent thinking', `selfish pursuits'
     
bellyfeel       `I just knew within me it was the truth'
     
goodsex        "The male and female sex organs were provided by God to 
                be used in fulfilling the noble assignment to be 
                "fruitful and become many." We need not describe how 
                these organs cooperate to that end. Their design is 
                quite apparent. Married persons recognize the obvious 
                way in which the husband's organ fits into his wife's 
                birth canal to serve the serious purpose of 
                reproduction." WT 69, 12/15, p765
     
sexcrime        anything other than goodsex, as above. Elders have the
                right to examine the intimate lives of married couples, 
                and for many years, oral sex and other practices within 
                marriage has been an excommunicable offense; w83 3/15, 
                p31, see also Franz, _Crisis of Conscience_
     
inner party     spirit-anointed class, Faithful & Discreet Slave class
     
outer party     great crowd, Jonadabs, those with earthly hope
     
proles          worldlings, children of Satan's world
     
Goldstein &     Ray Franz and _Crisis of Conscience_ (see q10.1) 
`the Book'
     
facecrime       `let's put on our Kingdom Smiles brothers'
     
duckspeak       to a JW, loyally clinging to present truth; to everyone
                else babbling the party line.
     
goodthinker     spiritually-minded person, Society man
     
goodthinkful    `happifying',`upbuilding'
     
prolefeed       `Awake!'
     
joycamp         `Bethel'
     
crimethink      apostasy, independent thinking, running ahead of God's
                Chariot, disloyalty to the organization. "Yet there are
                some who point out that the organization has had to make
                adjustments before, and so they argue: `This shows that
                we have to make up our own mind on what to believe.'
                This is independent thinking. Why is it so dangerous?
                Such thinking is an evidence of pride." WT83, 1/15, p27
     
The Brotherhood "The Evil Slave", Jesus-Witnesses, Ray Franz & cronies
     
Room 101        the room at the back of a Kingdom Hall (Study Hall in 
                Mexico) where judicial hearings and `counsel' occur.
     
Eurasia         fuzzy evil enemy which keeps society on a war footing 
                and justifies the actions of the `thought police', and 
                to a JW is simply the `world', its demonic `invisible 
                rulers' and `Babylon the Great, the World Empire of 
                False Religion' 
     
IngSoc          The Society, Mother, New World Society, God's People
     
Big Brother     a fictional character who rubber-stamps politburo 
                decisions and who, citizens are told, can see everything 
                they do all the time, compare with the WT society's use 
                of `Jehovah', the claimed `Editor' of the WT
     
Jones           curiously these are the names of three prominent members 
Aaronson        of the WTS in Orwell's time, [q.v. Botting]
Rutherford       
     
Ministries      also have their contemporary avatars, linked by 
of Truth        subterranean tunnels, and with computer-controlled light 
Love, Peace     switches and sensors in every room [q.v. file JW#59.txt] 
and Plenty      and are the source of 'bounteous spiritual food'.
     
     
For further reading, Botting's `The Orwellian World of Jehovah's 
Witnesses' is highly recommended, either for Orwell scholars who'll learn 
from the WTS or those with an interest in the WT from Orwell.
     
                       "WAR IS PEACE
                        FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
                        IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"

[this article extracted from the JW FAQ at www.iclnet.org]