Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World]

[Alberto Monteiro]

  
> No, _plus_ is the prefix for superlatives.  
> "double plus good" is very, very, good.  
  
Did I really write this? Duh, maybe I should spend  
less time watching TV and helping my daughters'  
homeworks.  
  
IIRC, the superlatives of _good_ are better and best  
[in newspeak they would be *_gooder_ and *_goodest_].  
 
*_plus_ is the marker of intensity.  
  
Alberto Monteiro  
 
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