Today in History
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jun 06 Learn More 1984 Published
George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 was published on this day in 1949, and it plunked several new words, phrases, and concepts into the English language: Thought Police, doublethink, and Big Brother. That said, we're pretty sure unemployed models and bartenders fighting over breakfast cereal and making out in a hot tub isn't the first association Orwell had in mind when he coined the term "Big Brother." Sorry, George.
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