Nonspeak

Most of the action reports are carefully worded statements by ship's officers who have been trained in the art of nonspeak.

The only possible originality advertising could claim is in technique, and even then this is doubtful; certainly never in content, which consists entirely in pseudo-speech, Orwellian non-speak.

There was no primary media spokesperson for the Department. Earl had some very basic training in the finer art of “non-speak.” which was the RCP language of choice. As long as your media target was satisfied that they heard something tangible—the delivery boy was off the hook.

The tendency for obscure communication or what human rights and refugee advocate Julian Burnside AO QC calls “nonspeak”, most commonly found in complex and jargon-ridden language used by governments and business, leads to the “wilful misuse” of language in public utterances.

By nine, Hodson said, boys have learned to be incurious about other people; they aren't inclined to conversation; they aren't interested in discovering more about other people. They have already learned nonspeak and nonlisten.