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 clichés

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]