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In this novel, a contradictory word meaning to quack like a duck is brought up by a character who desires to express every concept using exactly one word. This novel’s appendix details the A, B, and C vocabularies (10[1])of a language where all parts of speech (10[1]-5[1])are interchangeable. In this novel, the philologist Syme works (10[1])on the (10[1])eleventh edition (10[1])of a dictionary. (10[2])A dark-haired girl throws a dictionary at an image of Emmanuel Goldstein (10[1])in this novel on a “bright cold day in April [when] (10[1])the clocks were striking thirteen.” (10[1])For 10 points, the words “thoughtcrime” and “doublethink” (10[1])and the language Newspeak originate from what George Orwell novel about Winston Smith? ■END■ (10[1])

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