• doubleplusgood
• double-plus good
• double plus good
• ++good(internet)

Coined by British writer and journalistGeorge Orwell in 1949 as part of theNewspeak in his novelNineteen Eighty-Four.

double-plus-good (notcomparable)

1. Excellent;verygood.
   • 1992, Norman Spiney, “Info about SKREW?”, inalt.music.alternative‎^[1] (Usenet):

     For someone like myself who loves the MINISTRY album Mind... this new album isdouble plus good!

   • 1999 March 12, "BAM", “Re:Use of the "J" word (RANT!)”, inalt.toys.gi-joe‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I think our glorious government's rewriting of language isdouble plus good, brother.

   • 1999, Alan A. Grometstein, “Bells Thunderbolt 1964”, inThe Roots of Things: Topics in Quantum Mechanics‎^[3],→ISBN, page511:

     We can only agree with Mermin's anonymous physicist, but must add that they aredouble-plus-good rocks, full of promise.

   • 2005, Rand Clifford,Timing‎^[4],→ISBN, page384:

     Nudging the nearly-closed bedroom door secret-agent style, I saw on the bed thedouble-plus-good definition of inviting.

• ungood,double-plus-ungood

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