As a project for the weekend I’ve decided to make a start on the World’s first Beebish/English dictionary. My hope is it will eventually prove an invaluable tool for the audience to better understand the BBC’s news reports – or that I might be able to flog it to the Beeb as a training resource for bucket loads of cash.
I have a few entries below already, but I’d be grateful for suggestions of others* that should be included.
- Australian MP = an Australian Labor politician
- Black MPs = Black Labour MPs
- Daring = Murderous
- Defamatory = Disagreeable
- Far right = Pro-life
- Liberal (in the US sense) = the consensus view in the UK
- Men = Islamist terrorists
- Plumbers = Islamist terrorists
- Republican official = a Republican official
- US mayor = a Democratic US mayor
* with links if possible.
diverse = piss off whitey youre not wanted here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/diversity.shtml
Think tank = Left wing think tank
Influential think tank = A tthink tank we like
Right wing think tank = none of the above
Prank = Illegal, immoral, obscene bullying
Controversial (i) = Something that has received wide spread support but WE DON’T LIKE
Controversial (ii) = Something that has received wide spread condemnation but WE SUPPORT
Contrversial (iii) = We have been caught doing some illegal, immoral or obsene……….. AGAIN (see also “Prank”
The disgraced former Tory MP Neil Hamilton
=
The fitted-up-by-the-Beeb-Guardian-axis wholly innocent former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton
Wide range of views
=
Wide range of views from Marxist to liberal
Search for the truth
=
search for anything to attack or undermine:
a) Christians
b) conservatism
c) general fabric of Western society
James Naughtie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naughtie = Antonio Gramsci http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gramsci
You should start a Biased BBC lexicon too.
Martin would have camp, mincer gay = Labour MP
and Twat = anyone he disagreed with/me
Jonathan – Neil Hamilton = modern day dreyfus.
Sue – Melanie Phillips = mad mel
edgy comedian = unfunny leftist c***
A few contributions •
“xenophobic” = pro-Britain
“internationalist” = anti-Britain
“extreme right-wing” = anywhere to the right of centre-left
“edgy” = mouthy, crude, tawdry, singularly un-funny and conspicuously devoid of any discernable talent but with impeccable left-liberal views (and funded by all you idiot licence payers
“truth” = our in-house left-liberal consensus
“democratic” = what we like
“populist” = what you like
Keep ‘em coming • if you are quick off the mark, this could be the surprise Xmas best-seller
Conservative = Iran
That’s the one that annoys me the most. Iran is almost always painted as having a ‘conservative’ leadership; like conservatism now includes radical and fundamental Islam.
Independent report = Government funded body producing report telling government why it needs more funding
‘Audacious’ = grotesquely horrific mass murder.
cf early BBC reports on 9/11.
A root and branch review of a robust new framework to make sure this never happens again and lessons ard learned
=
The DG will have a look at it when he gets back from holiday.
rocketeer – nice word for cuddly terroristt shelling children
Tribal leaders – Taliban
Mood music – something where during a 2 way they empathize with whoever is being attacked by our troops.
abusive = funny
“UK troops” = “European Union army”
prime example here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7703765.stm
“UK troops may be sent to congo”
you have to read through the article where you end up getting this nugget:
“He said that contingency plans were being drawn up for the deployment of an EU force to bolster United Nations peacekeepers. “
Disgraced (as in politican) = Any Conservative what has done anything ever that might be construed as wrong.
e.g. anything from getting a parking ticket or a red gas bill.
Respected (as in politican) =
Keith Vaz
David Blunkett
John “I too important to pay my own council tax” Prescott
Steven Byers
Peter Mandelson
Wendy Alexander
Castro
……sorry I might run out of ink
Misunderstood / before their time =
Pol Pot
Stalin
Mao (especially commended for the Cultural Revoltion)
“tragedy” = a deliberate act of horrific and violent terrorism on a civilian target with the intention of causing as many deaths as possible
e.g.
the “tragedy” of 9/11
Climate change – Weather
Popular = E.g Labour when doing well in the polls
Popularist = e.g Conservatives when doing well in the polls
“terrorism” = a U.S. army operation that eliminates several Al Qaeda operatives.
It is not only the meaning of words, it is the way that they are used which is can be equally harmful.
The BBC is always dismissive of non-lefties. For example a news report will go along these lines “The government says that labour policies are the best thing since sliced bread” followed by ” The tories claim that they are a disaster for the whole universe”
The BBC always gives the labour position more substance, the conservatives do not have the authority to “say” but can only “claim” as if to say that no one really takes these fools seriously.
I even find the way that the BBC uses the word “Tory” worthy of closer examination. Maybe I am being too sensitive !
“militant” – a jew hating Islamic terrorist
“truce” – a period of time where Hamas or Hezbollah rearm themselves
“breaking the truce” – when Hamas or Hezbollah start killing Israelis again
“overcrowded” – population density of an empty field in the Gaza strip
“bustling” – severely overcrowded Hong Kong
“activist” – someone who supports Hamas
“right wing” – someone who supports Israel
“far right” – someone who supports the socialist government of Ehud Olmert.
“excessive use of force” – a successful airstrike that takes out several terrorists
“blown up” – a spontaneous reaction that happens to certain israeli restaurants , iraqi marketplaces and iraqi pipelines. depends on the phase of the moon and the alignment of the planets and has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam.
“breaking the truce” – when Hamas or Hezbollah start killing Israelis again
No, no, no. Pay attention at the back there.
“breaking the truce” – when Israel responds to Hamas or Hezbollah starting killing Israelis again
“fighting” – a genocidal rampage by African troops or civilians, usually against unarmed civilian targets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7703606.stm
“rebels” – machete wielding genocidal thugs , high on crack, and toting a machine gun. usually of African origin
“peacekeepers” – UN troops who observe the aforementioned genocide happening. usually followed by “talks”
“talks” – discussions on how to increase the scope of a UN gravy train. usually in Africa.
“U.S. apache gunship” – an effective anti-genocide weapon. usually not mentioned in “talks”
Lee Moore | 01.11.08 – 1:31 pm
sorry sir! i stand corrected!
“melting ice caps” – what happens to polar ice during the summer.
“melting ice caps” – what happens to polar ice during the winter
“shrinking” – the polar ice caps as they expand during the winter months.
“carbon dioxide” – a highly toxic and poisonous gas that is worse than cyanide or cigarette smoke.
Global warming – decreasing temperature
so-called = bogus
“religious right” – a libertarian atheist who thinks that the idea of gay marriage might not be a good idea in the long run.
In polls out today labour have slashed the Conservative’s lead = The Conservatives are still way ahead but we don’t want to tell you that
“troubled” – completely and utterly incompetent and a disastrous waste of money
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7702930.stm
“torture” – asking some questions to an al qaeda operative
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7701773.stm
“anti-U.S. protest” – what people in Iran or Syria do at the barrel of a gun, or under threat of torture.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7697630.stm
“oil talks” – Gordon Brown grovelling and begging to the Arabs because he’s fucked up the british economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7703862.stm
When groups of Taliban or other terrorist organisations get together to discuss tactics and strategy this is known as a “wedding party”
Any aggresive action taken by Israel to defend it’s citizens from terrorist attack is known as a “war crime”
“torture”, “humiliation” – what U.S. troops do to Gitmo prisoners
“comedy” – what Brand and Woss did to Andrew Sachs.
and a few more –
“catastrophic” = naturally occurring and normal. NB must ALWAYS be used in conjunction with “climate change” (qv)
“overwhelming national consensus” = this morning’s editorial in the Guardian
“independent” (as in “independent study”) = knocked up by a gap year polytechnic student off the internet to confirm the conclusions we specified
“balanced” = three ultra-lefties plus one centre-leftie
“impartial” = blatantly leftie-biased
“analytical” = covertly leftie-biased
“recognised moderate community leader” = self-appointed, unelected, unrepresentative extremist
“tipping point” – we need to do something right now, before everybody realizes that this whole global warming scam is bunkum.
How about
white youths = “guilty as hell”
youths = “troubled ethnic minorities, almost certainly innocent”
“our European partners” = all those hopeless, state-socialism basket cases who want to take us down with them
“progressive” = rabidly marxist
“centrist” = only mildly marxist, not as much as we would like
“reactionary” = libertarian, democratic and patriotic
“greedy” = successful in well paid job at market-set rates of pay
“fat cat” = as above
Ain’t nobody said “Militants” = Islamic terrorists.
“Settlers” = all Israelis east of the Tel Aviv beach front:
Israeli dies in settlement attack.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7686047.stm
I believe it was the eminent Biodegradable who pointed out that Gilo is not a settlement.
Honest Reporting also got on the BBC’s case on Gilo here:
http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/new/A_Stabbing_in_Gilo.asp
“Tensions flare” = Muslims attack Christians and destroy churches:
Relations between Muslims and the Coptic minority – which makes up 5%-10% of Egypt’s population – are generally calm, although tensions sometimes flare.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4366232.stm
“Fighters” = Hezbollah terrorists murdering Israeli civilians:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=BBC+Hezbolah+fighters+resistance&btnG=Search
“War Crimes” = IDF counter-atttack against Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Jeremy+Bowen+War+Crimes+Israel+Hezbollah&btnG=Search
The first three links on the page are interesting and the fifth link has the 11-second condensed recording of Bowen accusing Israel of war crmes, from the wonderful “Drinking from Home” blog, unfortunately no longer active.
RAF plane = “Symbol of Destruction”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7351628.stm
BBC survey October 2004 – 81% back TV licence http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a16290/bbc-81-percent-back-tv-licence.html
= BBC survey March 2004 – 69% against TV licence http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3537567.stm
archduke | 01.11.08 – 1:14 pm,
I was debating some BBC-lovers on a BBC blog about that very subject. They think 9/11 was a tragedy. I pointed out that a tragedy is what happens when peope die in an earthquake, and that 9/11 was an atrocity. They seem to be genuinely unable to make the distinction. It’s difficult to believe that political bias can cause people to be that stupid.
Women = Labour’s Ministry of.
Whites = spokesman, Trevor Philips.
wow – the headline on that story about a rebuilt Vulcan is astonishing!
they really cant help themselves, can they?
“died” = brutally murdered by muslims
“martyred” = murderous islamic terrorist killed
“misguided criminal” = see above
“terrorists” = American and British army
“diverse community” = murderous islamic terrorist supporters
Leadership = Mark Thompson
Schama = Obama
Question Time = BBC political balance
Trust = BBC Trust
McCain = Bush
Calm, thoughtful, no vested political interests = Kirsty Wark
Scandal/sleaze = anything Tory
mistake/misunderstanding = Labour sleaze
Respected popular governor of a wealthy state = inexperienced
Crooked Chicago thug = Messiah