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Social sciences → Etymology → Phrase origins
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  • SalientAlien
    It usually refers to George Orwell's book, 1984, in which a totalitarian government rules every aspect of the citizen's lives through relentless observation, propagandizing and mind control.
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  • Schroeder
    Big brother is watching. It means similar to the future worlds predicted by George Orwells books. 1984 suggested a future of political control of all aspects of life right down to surveliance cameras in our homes.
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  • Talimze wins the prize
    It doesn't really mean anything anymore. People will say it about everything.
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  • BombDisposal
    it means that you have been caught making obscene gestures with your hands in the mid region at passing women. i know this as i am currently being charged for said offence. the police guy said to me "thats so orwellian"
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  • Beany
    It usually refers to things which people perceive as being the beginnings of a police state from Orwell's terrible book 1984
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