1984: Newspeak

As I read 1984, the one aspect of the authoritarian government portrayed in the book that scared me the most was the idea of Newspeak, the new language instituted by the Party. In it, word variety would be removed and language would be stripped down to the basics to communicate. Language is extremely important not only for communication, but in terms of how we think. The language we speak is the language we think. If our language is limited, so are the thoughts we can form. It is the ultimate way to control people and stem thoughts of rebellion, and also a very scary thought.

The language itself is very limited, as you will see with the definitions of some Newspeak words I have provided below. It also is horrible English, and simplifies everything with almost childlike words, often combining two words in its vocabulary or using prefixes to change meanings of words.

Prefices
un - prefix used for negation; used to make the word negative (e.g. warm becomes uncold)
ante - prefix added to a word in place of using the word before (e.g. antefiling means before filing)
plus - prefix used in place of more or the suffix -er (e.g. great becomes plusgood)
doubleplus - superlative of plus- (e.g. doubleplusgood means best)

Suffices 
-ful - suffix used to turn another word into an adjective (e.g. rapid becomes speedful)
-ed - suffix used to make a non-auxiliary verb past tense (e.g. ran becomes runned)
-wise - suffix used to turn another word into an adverb (e.g. quickly becomes speedwise)

Words
artsem - artificial insemination
Big Brother - the leader of Oceania; also refered to as simply B.B.
bellyfeel - full emotional understanding; blind, enthusiastic acceptance of a concept
blackwhite- the ability to accept the "truth" the party puts out, no matter how absurd it may be.
crimestop - the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought
chocorat - chocolate ration
crimethink - to even consider any thought not in line with the principles of Ingsoc; doubting any of the principles of Ingsoc
crimethinker - one who engages in crimethink
dayorder - order of the day
doublethink - holding two completely contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them
duckspeak - to speak without thinking (to quack like a duck)
equal - only in the sense of physically equal; it does not mean socially, politically or economically equal
facecrime - to wear an improper expression on your face was itself a punishable offence
FicDep - Fiction Department of the Ministry of Truth
free - in terms of lacking (e.g. he is free of emotion); the concept of political freedom has been replaced by the word crimethink
goodsex - sex for the purpose of producing children for the party
goodthinker - one who strongly adheres to all of the principles of Newspeak
Ingsoc - English Socialism
joycamp - forced-labor camp
malreported - a government reported fact the government later deems untrue
memory hole - a system of pipes, similar to pneumatic tubes, which were used to destroy documents
Miniluv - Ministry of Love
Minipax - Ministry of Peace
Miniplenty - Ministry of Plenty
Minitrue - Ministry of Truth
misprints - errors or mispredictions which need to be rectified in order to prove that the Party is always right
Newspeak - The official language of Oceania
Oldspeak - standard English; Newspeak is based on Oldspeak, with all words which represent unpopular ideas removed
oldthink - holding on to old ideas and patterns of thought not consistent with current government policy
oldthinkers - those who engage in oldthink; those who have not fully accepted the new Ingsoc way of thinking
ownlife - individualism and eccentricity; a desire to do something for your own benefit
physical jerks - morning exercises; participation was mandatory for all outer party members
Pornosec - Department of Minitrue; produces the "lowest-kind" of pornography for the proles
prole - proletarians
prolefeed - entertainment and spurious news which the Party handed out to the masses
Recdep - Records Department of the Ministry of Truth
Reclamation Centre - colony for children made homeless during the Atomic Wars
ref - reference
steamer - prole word for Rocket Bomb
sexcrime - having sex for enjoyment
speakwrite - Voice recognition machines
Teledep - Teleprograms Department of the Ministry of Truth
telescreen - two way television
Thinkpol - ThoughtPolice; police force in charge of eliminating crimethink
unperson - person that has been erased from existence by the government for breaking the law in some way
ungood - bad
upsub - get authorization from superiors (submit to "higher-ups" for approval)
vaporized - the act of being executed by the state, and having all records of your existence erased; becoming an unperson
versificator - a writing machine; produced "literature" and "music" for the masses