Misspeak ? I could not find it in the dictionary.

[Ezana]

Does they just created a new word to avoid the other word ? What do they call that word eh eh.... Lied.

[ThomWV]

1. I'm glad to see someone else is paying attention to what's going on with the language

Misspeak? Maybe the word we should be thinking about is "Newspeak".

Its deeper than just this one word though, there has been a whole new degradation of the language and it seems to me that its now going far deeper than Orwell even imagined. It really scares me, much more than the immediate political events of the day or even the 'long term' problems we face.

[Sal Minella]

2. Earliest I remember it is during the Reagan era -- He who had the wonderful memory (remembering

thousands of things that never happened, as Mark Twain said) always had an official apologist hovering in the wings, ready to take the microphone as soon as RR left the podium, and announce "The President misspoke when he said.....so I wish to clarify......"

[Dogmudgeon]

3. It's right next to "transformational"

--p!

[Holly_Hobby]

4. From Urban Dictionary

1. Misspeak

1.To Say without thought, to mistakenly say.

2.Mistakenly saying something is misspeaking

"How dare you misspeak of me"


2. misspeak

1) To make a claim to be under sniper fire in a hostile environment. :rofl:

2) To try to cover your ass when someone calls you out on your bullshit.

guy: once I saw Jimi Hendrix live
girl: Jimi Hendrix died in 1970. You were born in the 80's.
guy: wait...I didn't mean to misspeak

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=misspeak

[spanone]

5. it's a word invented for politicians when they fail to tell the truth...aka lying

[tom_paine]

6. You hit the nail on the head. Just another corner of the most successful propaganda machine

in human history.

What the Bushies have built makes the Nazi Media look like a kindergarten.

[roughsatori]

7. Misspeak is an example of Newspeak

You are right about the incredible level of sophistication of the propaganda mills that the powerful make use of every minute.

[flowomo]

8. of course it's in the dictionary:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspoke

[rock]

9. Try this

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
mis·speak /mɪsˈspik/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -spoke, -spok·en, -speak·ing.
1. to speak, utter, or pronounce incorrectly.
2. to speak inaccurately, inappropriately, or too hastily.

[babylonsister]

10. Here:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspeak

1. to speak, utter, or pronounce incorrectly.
2. to speak inaccurately, inappropriately, or too hastily.