Nineteen Eighty-Four

Re-reading Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four this week, I was struck by the huge number of his concepts that have permeated current culture. Now that we're living in a dystopian surveillance state, writing about this may trigger interest from Australia's Big Brother government, but I'm prepared to risk that. So before they cut me off, here's a list of concepts from that novel. How many of these are you familiar with?

Big Brother

Room 101

Thoughtcrime

Doublespeak

Memory hole

Crimestop

History is stopped

Big Brother is Watching You

2 + 2 = 5

Newspeak

unperson

Ministry of Truth

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength