The way things are going, we may soon need a new term for "Orwellian dystopia" when it comes to various manner of language distortion and manipulation we have seen of late.
It feels like the old one has been overused an no longer quite manages to vividly convey the unease and worry of being forced to witness a language moulded to fit a particular political, social or ideological narrative (like it is in "1984") - and not through its natural, evolutionary process, but through a forced "revolution."
We've seen many examples of "Orwellian language dystopia," so for lack of a better option, we can stick with that one with the new definition of the word "bigot."
This redefinition of the word comes from Oxford Dictionary, and Google Search, as the unofficial monopoly on "all knowledge" uses it as a prime source, chances are high that whatever the "updated" definition of "bigot" may be here, it will stick with most people. Job done.
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