Newspeak Dictionary Musings

NewSpeak has very few antonyms…

  • would they keep Hot (Cold becomes UnHot)
  • would they keep Cold (Hot is UnCold)
  • Since both are very basic concepts and monosyllabic, maybe they would both be kept?

The first paragraph of 1984:

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.

So far what I’ve got is:

It was a bright cold day in 4Month and clocks ringed 13. Winston Smith, walked plusfast with his chin downways to hide from ungoodweather. He walked into Victory Mansions and dust entered with him.

I decided to keep “bright” instead of a variant on “light”- would “light” be “undark”?