double-plus-good en · ADJ
Etymology
Coined by British writer and journalist George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Excellent; very good.
We can only agree with Mermin's anonymous physicist, but must add that they are double-plus-good rocks, full of promise.
1999, Alan A. Grometstein, “Bells Thunderbolt 1964”, in The Roots of Things: Topics in Quantum Mechanics, →ISBN, page 511:For someone like myself who loves the MINISTRY album Mind... this new album is double plus good!
1992, Norman Spiney, “Info about SKREW?”, in alt.music.alternative (Usenet):Nudging the nearly-closed bedroom door secret-agent style, I saw on the bed the double-plus-good definition of inviting.
2005, Rand Clifford, Timing, →ISBN, page 384:I think our glorious government's rewriting of language is double plus good, brother.
1999 March 12, "BAM", “Re:Use of the "J" word (RANT!)”, in alt.toys.gi-joe (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ++good | alternative | lexicographic | |
| doubleplusgood | alternative | lexicographic | |
| double plus good | alternative | lexicographic | |
| double-plus good | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (1)
cmn 雙加好 /双加好 (Translations)