Doublethink and Doublespeak

In his brilliant dystopian novel, 1984, George Orwell perfectly and presciently described the kind of doublethink and doublespeak we have now come to expect of our modern politicians:“The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them, to tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and …

Snopsing Chalmers on the “Gap Theory”

It is often asserted that the Scottish reformer, educator, and pastor, Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), was one of the originators of the so-called “Genesis Gap Theory” as a part of his effort to harmonize the ideas of evolution and creation. S…

More P Logomorphs

Paedophobia:  An oddly modern antipathy toward children. Perversiarchy:  A reprobate society governed by those committed to concupiscence. Peterpantheism:  An environmentalist dogma that refuses to face facts or to grow up. Pharmer:  A drug lord. Piccasso Porn:  The images from scrambled adult cable channels. Pietoid:  An adherent of Pietism; the opposite of someone committed to true piety. Pluriscuity:  The promiscuous vision of radical pluralism that claims an equal …

O Logomorphs

Obaminable: Declaring as right what is undeniably wrong; post-modern bully pulpit. Obstropulous: Seeming to be helpful while really making things more difficult. Ohnosecond: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you’ve just made a big mistake, like accidentally sending a personal e-mail to everyone in the office. Olibarky: Cranky, patronizing, and oh-so-pious sermonizing from the modern politically-correct elite. OMG-iddy: Effusive enthusing on …

N Logomorphs

Naftathoughts:  Lingering doubts about the economic and cultural benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreements. Namenesia: Inexplicably forgetting the name of someone you know very well. Nanachronym: Those instantly ubiquitous internet and texting abbreviations; Narceclessia: A sleep disorder that afflicts modern Christians causing cultural detachment and irrelevance in times of grave societal danger; the church asleep in the light. Nefariography: A biography of …

M Logomorphs

Maastwrecked: The mess that the European Economic Community and the New World Order have made of Europe. Machiavalium:  Political narcotics dispensed in an effort to control the people. Macjob:  A mindless, tasteless, and valueless task undertaken merely for money. Maledictaphobia:  A fear of saying anything offensive or negative even in the face of dire wickedness. Mirthgirth: All that extra weight gained over the holidays. Monkeythump: A …

L Logomorphs

Legalossolalia:  The strangely unintelligable “tongues” spoken only by lawyers. Libnet:  The symbiotic network of fringe-left media, academia, and government that infests Washington’s corridors of power. Limbaughtomy:  The surgical removal of welfare-state piffle, drivel, and swill; performed by transmitted airwaves.  Litegeist:  The substantivelessness of American pop culture. Lithurgy:  The wholesale denigration of tradition, glory, and substance in modern evangelical worship; the malady of lethargic liturgy. …

K Logomorphs

Kahootenany: Reposting un-Snopesed silliness on the internet. Kanoodledoodle: Whiling the hours away on sundry social media sites. Kantankerosity: The inclination to argue about anything, to snark about everything. Kavorked: To be on the receiving end of legalized euthanasia. Kerfufflefluffle: A fierce controversy over nothing; a mountain out of a molehill; majoring on the minors and minoring on the majors.  Keypal: An internet friend; a thoroughly modern …

J Logomorphs

Jabberjockey: Radio talk show host. Jargonauts:  The elites who steer the course of our language; logogogues. Jaundaucracy: A culture devoid of courage; a society led by men without chests. Jeopardous: Risky business; hazardous behavior. Jiggywidget: A faddish doo-dad or dig-bat or thingamajig. Jiterati:  A subset of the cultural elite; the professional whiners and worriers. Jocosiation: A ridiculous or hilarious assocation. Journalying:  The tendency of modern journalists to …

I Logomorphs

Ideolatry:  The idolatrous worship of ideology. Iducation:  The self-centered psychologicalization of modern secular education. IMglish: The special abbreviated, acronymic language of instant messaging, sms, and texting: omg, lol, bff, btw, cya, galgal, igbok, etc. Impuritan:  The modern ethical paradox: the new morality of immorality. Indignatary:  A culturo-political celebrity who has built a career and a reputation on feigned moral outrage. Infobahn:  The web’s information super-highway. …

H Logomorphs

Heretickle:  Popular falsehoods that are happily accommodated for the sake of church growth. Heterodoctor:  A thoroughly modern and politically-correct university professor. Hillarious:  A silly, shallow, superfluous, and statisfucating worldview. Histonarcolepsy:  Sleep-walking through history. Historectomy:  The surgical removal of any historical perspective from contemporary discussions. Hollywired:  The marriage of the computer and entertainment industries. Homodoxy:  The new homosexual orthodoxy taught in America’s schools Homophilia:  Trendy depravity. Homotextuality:  The …

G Logomorphs

Gadaboutag: An orphan HTML tag that’s misdirects your web searches. Garpage:  The editorial page of virtually all daily metropolitan newspapers; often useful, however, for the bottoms of bird cages. Generica:  The smothering uniformity of pop American culture. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high on a bridge or a building. Gleemail: Those inspirational emails forwarded by a friend or coworker that may or may …

F Logomorphs

Fascinate:  Enthusiasm for consolidating all of society and culture into the hands of Big Government and Big Business—the tell-tale signs of Mercantilism (aka National Socialism). Fascindustrialism:  Cooperative monopolization between the public and private sectors; “It’s the economy, stupid.” Fauxment:  An artificial controversy; the stock and trade of TV news. Fauxpolitiks:  The dismal reduction of political discourse to the trite, the picayune, and the …

Even More E Logomorphs

Empty-Vee:  The vapid contentlessness and valuelessness of current TV programming. Environmentia:  A worldview dominated by whatever the latest ideological rant may be. Errstats:  Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Establishmentality:  The inability to think beyond accepted institutional/ideological parameters. Ethoplegic:  A malady that suddenly paralyzes the ethical scruples of elected  officials once they arrive in Washington. Europa Nervosa:  A condition resulting from the geo-political instability of Europe. Europhoria:  The ecstatic …